>Guys,
>
>Have created a program that collects data from an Excel file as visible=.f. everything goes well except when I coded the program to quit Excel does not have error but the Excel still open as can be seen in the Task Manager of the Windows.
>

Excel won't unload itself until all references are fully dead. So use code like:

oXL.Quit()
oXL = .null.

Tamar