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Trying to read clipper binary data from a .dbf in VB

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eheras

eheras

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I have a big problem. I have to import to my company data base some information stored in a .dbf file that was generated using Clipper. One of the fields is alphanumeric with 3 characters, but it contains an amount in binary code. The external enterprise that sends that information to us says, that the binary code is created calling the clipper function "l2bin" and then stored in the .dbf as a character string. I am using a VB program to read the .dbf, but how should I interpret that field in order to get the right decimal number ???

Thanks a lot.

 
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