>Hi.
>I need to test if Microsoft Office(Excel) is installed before creating an
>Excel object.
>I will be greate if I can get the version number too.
>Thanks in advance.

With VFP9 this is very easy

Try
   lox=Createobject('excel.application')
   lcVersion=lox.Version && 11.0=Excel 2003, 12.0=Excel 2007
Catch
   Messsagebox('Excel is not installed')
Endtry