>Hi
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>Having trouble with an excel spreadsheet created via automation.
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>It still is marked as in use and Excel is still running in the task list.
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>Whats the sure fire way for making sure after I've created and saved it that excel is closed down properly.
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>Thanks

Make sure to use loExcel.Quit, loExcel = null
release loExcel after the process is finished.

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