>>>Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>Suppose, I have an Excel file that may or may not be protected with a known password. What should I do to be able to do APPEND FROM it?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
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>>Automation?
>
>Well, the question was - can we save the file under the same name after we opened it? Also may be you have some code samples so I would not re-invent the wheel?
>
>Thanks.

Sure:

oExcel = CREATEOBJECT([Excel.Application])
oExcel.Workbooks.Open([the excel file],,,,[password])
oExcel.DisplayAlerts = .f.
oExcel.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs([the excel file],,[])
oExcel.Quit()