Jim (and Bob): I can't answer that one. Never tried to do something like that...
Karen > Karen, > > I have been reading this discussion with interest. I use the > specification file daily for a couple of Excel files. I use it for many > reasons but > one is the number of rows imported varies wildly in one of the files and I > change that setting each day. > > > > If I were to use the below SYNTAX as you suggest, is there on option for > the rows imported? In the past before I used the rows setting, the import > would take much longer because RBASE seemed to “LOOK” at all the rows even > if they contained no information. With 7.6 is the rows setting not that > important? > > > > Jim > > > > >

