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Article ID: 949529 - Last Review: February 21, 2008 - Revision: 1.1
Importing data from a Microsoft Excel 2007 workbook using Visual
FoxPro 9.0
Source: Microsoft Support

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Action

You have a Microsoft Excel 2007 workbook (.XLSX). You want to import data from it into a Microsoft Visual FoxPro
(VFP) table using VFP.

Resolution

There are a number of ways of accomplishing this task:

1. Export the Excel sheet(s) as comma delimited files (.C SV) and use the IMPORT command or the Import Wizard
inside VFP to import the file(s).

2. Write custom VFP OLE automation code to automate Excel and extract the data to VFP.

3. Use the Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb) ODBC driver included with the 2007 Office System
Driver: Data C onnectivity C omponents package to access and extract data from the Excel workbook, either through
a VFP Remote View or programmatically, as in the following sample code:

*-----------------------------------
* AUTHOR: Trevor Hancock
* C REATED: 02/15/08 04:55:31 PM
* ABSTRAC T: C ode demonstrates how to connect to
* and extract data from an Excel 2007 Workbook
* using the "Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)"
* from the 2007 Office System Driver: Data C onnectivity C omponents
*-----------------------------------
LOC AL lcXLBook AS STRING, lnSQLHand AS INTEGER, ;
lcSQLC md AS STRING, lnSuccess AS INTEGER, ;
lcC onnstr AS STRING
C LEAR

lcXLBook = [C :\SampleWorkbook.xlsx]

lcC onnstr = [Driver=] + ;

[{Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)};] + ;
[DBQ=] + lcXLBook

IF !FILE( lcXLBook )
? [Excel file not found]
RETURN .F.
ENDIF
*-- Attempt a connection to the .XLSX WorkBook.

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*-- NOTE: If the specified workbook is not found,
*-- it will be created by this driver! You cannot rely on a
*-- connection failure - it will never fail. Ergo, success
*-- is not checked here. Used FILE() instead.
lnSQLHand = SQLSTRINGC ONNEC T( lcC onnstr )

*-- C onnect successful if we are here. Extract data...

lcSQLC md = [Select * FROM "Sheet1$"]
lnSuccess = SQLEXEC ( lnSQLHand, lcSQLC md, [xlResults] )
? [SQL C md Success:], IIF( lnSuccess > 0, 'Good!', 'Failed' )
IF lnSuccess < 0
LOC AL ARRAY laErr[1]
AERROR( laErr )
? laErr(3)
SQLDISC ONNEC T( lnSQLHand )
RETURN .F.
ENDIF

*-- Show the results

SELEC T xlResults
BROWSE NOWAIT
SQLDISC ONNEC T( lnSQLHand )

More Information

The 2007 Office System Driver: Data C onnectivity C omponents package is

available for download here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7554F536-8C 28-4598-9B72-
EF94E038C 891&displaylang=en (http://www.m icrosoft.com /downloa ds/de ta ils.aspx ?Fam ilyID=7554F536-8C 28-4598-
9B72-EF94E038C 891&displaylang=e n)

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