I always advice against general fields, but I know that in some cases you must use them. Anyway, I have two comments:
1. You don't need to Select a table after creating it, it will automatically be selected after it has been created.
2. APPEND GENERAL excelfile FROM (tcExcelFile) ?

>Hi,
>I try to create template table and append general field to use excel features inside foxpro form.
>And... it does not work for me.. the General fields always stay blank
>What do I wrong?
>
>

>	PROCEDURE OpenExcelFile
>	LPARAMETERS tcExcelFile
>	LOCAL lcTmpTable as String
>	LOCAL lcTmpAlias as String
>	lcTmpTable = ADDBS(SYS(2023))+SYS(2015)
>	CREATE TABLE (lcTmpTable) FREE (excelfile G)
>	lcTmpAlias = JUSTSTEM(lcTmpTable)
>	SELECT(lcTmpAlias)
>	APPEND BLANK
>	APPEND GENERAL excelfile FROM tcExcelFile
>*!*        BROWSE
>	Thisform.oleObject.ControlSource = ALLTRIM(lcTmpAlias)+".excelfile"
>	THisform.Refresh()
>	ENDPROC
>

>
>When I made BROWSE... I can see.. General field still empty.
>File exist on the disk 100% :)
>
>Thanks
>Denis