Field Names in First Record Exported to Spreadsheet

 Last reviewed: June 26, 1995
Article ID: Q109844
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b
  • Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b

SUMMARY

When the COPY TO or EXPORT command is used to export a database to a spreadsheet file type, the first record (row) in the spreadsheet contains the field names of the source database.

MORE INFORMATION

This information applies to the following file types: 

   DIF, MOD, SYLK, WK1, WKS, WR1, WRK, XLS

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Start FoxPro.

  2. Create and run a program with the following code to create Microsoft Excel spreadsheets using the COPY TO and EXPORT commands: 

          CREATE TABLE test (charfld C(20), numfld N(10))
      INSERT INTO test (charfld, numfld) VALUES ('Chris Tester', 1234)
      COPY TO copytest.xls TYPE XLS
      EXPORT TO exp-test.xls TYPE XLS

  3. Start Microsoft Excel and load COPYTEST.XLS, then EXP-TEST.XLS.

In each spreadsheet, note that the first row contains the field names "charfld" and "numfld." The second row contains the data, "Chris Tester" and "1234."

NOTE: The field names created by FoxPro for Windows are lowercase. The field names created by FoxPro for MS-DOS are uppercase.

Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin 2.00 2.50 2.50a 2.50b column 1st
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: FxinteropSpread

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Last reviewed: June 26, 1995
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