>>>GETOBJECT() has two forms. You want the other one. From the Hacker's Guide:
>
>>>Omitting the first parameter and passing "Excel.Application" for the second starts Excel if it is not running, or grabs another handle >>to the application if it is executing.
>
>If I try createobject(myapp.myoleobject) I get the object returned successfully, if I try getobject(,myapp.myoleobject) I get an error "0x800401e3 operation unavailable".
>
>I understand this means my application is not in the Running Object Table (ROT) ? any ideas how to resolve this?
>
>Gary.

I had it working using this http://www.theproblemsolver.nl/download.htm

It was an article called "Debugging COM servers under XP"

[Update]Which I can not find any longer...[/Update]

[Update 2] Ah, I found it now, I better take out the code and put back the link to the source
http://www.theproblemsolver.nl/downloads_vfp.htm#Debugging%20COM%20servers%20under%20XP
[/Update 2]