How to Create a Table Structure Using an ASCII File

 Last reviewed: March 10, 1997
Article ID: Q107665
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The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
  • 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
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh versions 2.5x and 2.6x

You can create a table/.DBF structure from an ASCII text file that contains information about the structure.

For example, assume you have the following ASCII text file, TEST.TXT: 

   "Name","C",15
   "Age" ,"N",2
To create a table/.DBF structure using TEST.TXT, do the following:

  1. Open a database table.

  2. In the Command window, type the following commands: 

          COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED TO dbtemp.dbf
      USE dbtemp.dbf
      ZAP
      APPEND FROM test.txt DELIMITED
      CREATE dbfinal.dbf FROM dbtemp.dbf
      BROWSE

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Last reviewed: March 10, 1997
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