>>>>What is the object, classid, or whatever's its called for Excel 2003?
>>>>
>>>>oXls1 = createobject('Excel.Application.9')
>>>>oXls2 = createobject('Excel.Application.11')
>>>>
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>>>The ProgID for Excel 2003 is Excel.Application.11. The second CREATEOBJECT should instantiate Excel 2003. If it doesn't that something is srewd up in the registry. I would try to run Excel 2003 repair install.
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>>Thanks Sergey. I got the go ahead from our IT guy to remove the older version of Office. This should solve my problem.
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>I'm not sure about that because uninstall wouldn't fix the registry.
You're absolutely right. I had to unistall both versions and reinstall the 2003 version. I'm up and running now.
ramil
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