> I need to provide legacy support for some of our clients who depend on
> our previous system's ability to export data in FoxPro 2.5 DBF format.
> The new system is written in VB6, using ADO for database connectivity.
> I can create a table via the VFP ODBC driver, but the table can't be
> opened by Fox 2.5; apparently MS changed the table format a bit for
> Visual FoxPro.

> The MS Knowledgebase refers to a "version" connection parameter for
> the driver, but it does not list any valid values. I've tried "2.5",
> "FoxPro 2.5" and "ABCD", but the table format never changes, and the
> driver never complains (come on, version "abcd"?!).

> So, does anyone know if it's even possible to create a table in the
> Fox 2.5 format through ODBC using Microsoft's VFP driver? BTW, the
> driver version I have is 6.1.8629.1, using MDAC 2.7.

> Thanks in advance,
> Ugh!