Christof
That code does work but it create a Excel95 worksheet that has 16000 row limitation. We have to have at least the 64000 row capibility and preferability larger.

>Hi Chuck,
>
>I see. Sorry, I misunderstood and thought you're trying the opposite. The way I would approach this is to save the file in XLS format:
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>ox = CreateObject("Excel.application")
>ox.Workbooks.Open(FullPath("myfile.xlsx"))
>ox.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs("myfile.xls",39)
>ox.ActiveWorkbook.Close()
>Import From myfile.xls type xl8 sheet "sheet2"
>