Hmm... Not exactly. Don't confuse display with capacity. See the link below. (And it is different depending on what version of Excel you are using.)
I dump large memo files into Excel cells on a regular basis. Finally, you do need to do this via automation as opposed to using xBase commands if you want to avoid data truncation. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/excel-specifications-and-limits-HP005199291.aspx -- rk -----Original Message----- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 1:58 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Foxpro and Excel question I think it may be up to 1024 now, but you're right. We wound up scrapping this because our memo fields are bigger than that. i wound up just creating an Excel sheet with a line for each memo line. ________________________________ From: Richard A. Mertl <rame...@sympatico.ca> To: profox@leafe.com; profoxt...@leafe.com Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 1:05 PM Subject: RE: Foxpro and Excel question Keep in mind that the character limit in Excel is 255. You might end up loosing data. Richard A. Mertl, C.A. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/DF1EEF11E586A64FB54A97F22A8BD0441D4A7D5AF7@ACKBWDDQH1.artfact.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
