I'm trying to convert excel files to dbf(dBASEIII) using python and my current process is: Use xlrd to convert the excel file to a .csv I take the headers off of the .csv and I use Take the newly made .csv and use the dbf module ( https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dbf ) to convert to dbf I remove the headers from the csv file and I run the following: table = dbf.from_csv(origfname, filename='test.dbf', field_names=headers, dbf_type='db3') As of now, when the process is over all the fields become memo fields, how do I make them into Char, Date, Number, etc... fields?

Converting .CSV to .DBF(dBASEIII) VFP 6.0, everything becomes memo field

I'm trying to convert excel files to dbf(dBASEIII) using python and my current process is:

Use xlrd to convert the excel file to a .csv
I take the headers off of the .csv and I use
Take the newly made .csv and use the dbf module (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dbf) to convert to dbf

I remove the headers from the csv file and I run the following:

table = dbf.from_csv(origfname, filename='test.dbf', field_names=headers, dbf_type='db3')

As of now, when the process is over all the fields become memo fields, how do I make them into Char, Date, Number, etc... fields?