>>Hi,
>>I just key in your code in my program.
>>
>>

>>
>>TRY
>>  oExcel = CREATEOBJECT([Excel.Application])
>>CATCH
>>   MessageBox([There is no EXCEL installed])
>>ENDTRY
>>oExcel.visuable = .t.
>>

>
>If you enter oExcel = CREATEOBJECT("Excel.Application") in the command window, does Intellisense "kick in" when you type oExcel and hit the "." key on the next line?

local oExcel as [Excel.Application]

and intellisense magic starts even w/o creation:) W/o that and just createobject(), newObject() it doesn't:(

Update: I stand corrected. I missed you were saying "command window". Yes it does then. Even with other objects I use command window to discover objects,child objects,properties etc which I don't know where to get documentation from:)
Cetin