Dragan, you mentioned TaskKiller.,exe. Where do you get that product from? Is it something you would incorporate into your VFP Code, as a just-in-case thing?

Cecil

>Could well be that other zombie instances of Excel were keeping the file open. Funny, though, that the current instance didn't complain about that - it seems to be conspiring with its other selves - but yelled at you.

>That's my experience, too, that every time I do some automation, I better keep the bouncer at hand (and TaskKiller.exe is far better at that than Task Manager). There's always a stray copy creeping somewhere. Actually, it's a sign of getting it right, when they stop appearing.