How about a save in there somewhere

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      DO PopulateExcelArray
      .saveas(lcnewfilename)  && I know this is the correct syntac for save as, not sure about save.
      .Quit

>Excel gurus: HELP ---
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>What commands will commit the values to an Excel spreadsheet?
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>The following code has no error - - - and no update in my master spreadsheet either
>extra code removed (gLogMESS shows variables are correct as does dubug stepping)
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>   oExcel=CREATEOBJECT("Excel.Application")
>   With oExcel
>      .DisplayAlerts= .F.
>         .WorkBooks.Open(ALLTRIM("C:\Daas\Absorb_2005new.xls"),0)
>         .Sheets(ALLTRIM(" Buffing")).Select()
>         DO PopulateExcelArray
>      .Quit
>   EndWith
>   Release oExcel
>