If you just need to get the data then you can also IMPORT FROM file TYPE XL5 SHEET name (and in VFP6 you also can IMPORT FROM file TYPE XL8 SHEET name ) Arnon >>TIA >>Chris > >oExcel=getobject('c:\temp\test.xls') >? oExcel.cells(1,1).value >? oExcel.cells(1,2).value >? oExcel.cells(2,1).value