help with import concept

[Leefp1 at aol.com]

Though a longtime Filepro user, I have never used the import command.  Is 
using it the best way to accomplish the following:

I want to export a file from a vertical market database application written 
in Foxpro and bring the data into Filepro.  This is on a Windows XP system.  
The Foxpro app will allow most any kind of export and can place the resulting 
file anywhere I want.  Some questions:

1.  What is the best format to use for the export?  ASCII, tab-delimited?
2.  Should the exported file be placed in any particular folder, e.g. a 
subfolder in C:\fielpro?  or does it matter?
3.  Does one create a non-filepro file in advance in which to import the 
data?
4.  Does one have to know the field properties (especially length) of the 
data being imported?
5.  In the command syntax "Import ascii name etc"  Is "name" the name of the 
ascii file being imported or the resulting name after the import?
6.  Can anyone point me to a step-by-step reference (preferably web 
accessible) to help me learn this process?

TIA.

-Lee
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Lee B. Walker
Walker & Company
5307 Front Royal Drive
Cross Lanes, WV  25313
304-419-0013
Leefp1 at aol.com
www.walkeronline.com
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