>Hi All:
>
>I'm trying to populate an Excel file with values using automation, but nothing gets written. What am I doing wrong?
>
>This is the code:
>
>

>LOCAL loExcel AS Excel.APPLICATION
>
>loExcel = CREATEOBJECT("Excel.application")
>loExcel.VISIBLE = .F.
>
>loWorkBook = loExcel.Workbooks.OPEN('P:\Flock Information.xls')
>loExcel.displayalerts = .F.
>
>loWorkBook.Sheets("28 Day").SELECT
>
>FOR i = 288 TO 300
>	legRow = 'M' + ALLTRIM(STR(i))
>	loWorkBook.ActiveSheet.RANGE("&legRow").select
>	loExcel.ActiveCell.Value = ALLTRIM(STR(i))   &&<--- This doesn't work
>*!*		loWorkBook.ActiveSheet.RANGE("&legRow").Value = ALLTRIM(STR(i))  &&<---- This doesn't work either
>NEXT
>
>
>*  Hardcoding the range also does not work
>loWorkBook.ActiveSheet.RANGE("M288").select
>loExcel.ActiveCell.Value = "Hello"	
>
>* Execute this code just to make sure there is a connection, and IT WORKS
>lcTest = loWorkBook.ActiveSheet.RANGE("L288").VALUE
>? lcTest
>	
>loExcel.displayalerts = .F.
>loExcel.QUIT()
>RELEASE loExcel
>loExcel = NULL
>

>
>Thanks,
>
>Yossi

What is "active cell" ? You do not activate cell in your code. "Select" and "activate" may mean different things.
Call cell directly, like loWorkBook.ActiveSheet.RANGE("M288").value="Hello"

Other than that, how about saving the file?