>>>>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
>>>>

>>>
>>>
>>>You don't need to SELECT anything in Excel to refer to it, nor do you need to use character strings to refer to rows and columns. You can use code like:
>>>
>>>

>>>loWorkbook.Sheets("28 Day").Cell(m.i, m.j).Value = ALLTRIM(STR(i))
>>>

>>>
>>>Tamar
>>
>>Tamar:
>>
>>I tried this but got 'Invalid Name':
>>
>>

>>lcSheet = "28 Day"
>>lcSheet = "Sheet1"
>>
>>lnColumn = 14
>>FOR i = 288 TO 300
>>	*legRow = 'M' + ALLTRIM(STR(i))
>>	loWorkbook.Sheets(lcSheet).Cell(i, lnColumn).Value = 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
>>

>>
>>My question is (rather than you spoonfeeding me the solution), whats the best way to get the right syntax, using your line of code as an example? I tried with intellisense, but got lost.
>
>Try recording a macro in Excel to see what properties and methods it uses. I'm not a big fan of directly translating macros to VFP code, but macros can be very handy to see what objects and PEMs are being used.
>
>In your case, I'd probably store a reference to the right sheet in a variable and then refer to that:
>
>

>loSheet = loWorkbook.Sheets("28 Day")
>

>
>Then work with loSheet.
>
>Tamar

Tamar:

As far as I can see, the problem is with the cell() syntax, since this works:

loWorkbook.Sheets(lcSheet).Range("A1").Value = ALLTRIM(STR(i))

Both of these get an 'Invalid Name' error:

loWorkbook.Sheets(lcSheet).Cell(i, lnColumn).Value = ALLTRIM(STR(i))
loWorkbook.Sheets(lcSheet).Tamar(i, lnColumn).Value = ALLTRIM(STR(i))

As far as macros, it doesn't use the cell() syntax.

Yossi