>Naomi,
>
>I did not follow this thread, this is the first message I read of it, and I have a question, why do you need FindWindow?
>
>Does this not work for you?
>
>

>DECLARE SHORT BringWindowToTop IN WIN32API INTEGER HWND
>
>with THISFORM.oExcel
>	.Visible = .T.
>	BringWindowToTop(.Hwnd)
>endwith
>
>

Hugo,

Good point, thanks. One less API call. I found I still need ShowWindow after BringWindowToTop though.

Still it doesn't help with sleep/do while code. Do you have more ideas?

Thanks again for the Excel hwnd suggestion.