>C0000005 errors and any other issues with automating excel now solved!
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>I write my excel file as xml using the spreadsheetml format.
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>foxpro just does fputs, excel is never even opened and the saved file (named as .xls) opens in excel without any indication that it is not excels native format.
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>it's less code than automating aswell.

Thats great - iow - you don't have to automate. There are a bunch of things we can do with XML and XML messaging from foxpro - for me, the "can it be web enabled?" question and "NOT or not to NOT" conversations evaporate before my eyes!:-)

Love your "panama":-)