>We have a number of places in our system where we do something like

>COPY TO (lcFileName) XLS
>oxl = CREATEOBJECT("Excel.application")
>oxl.displayalerts = .F.
>lcFileName = "something"
>oxl.workbooks.open(lcFileName)
>
>do stuff
>
>oxl.save()

>
>We now have a mixture of machines with Excel 2007 and older versions of Excel. The 2007 machines are now opening a dialog box asking for a filename to save in XLSX format.
>
>I've resolved that issue (perhaps not in the best way - but it seems to work) by re-coding the Save() command as

>oxl.activeWorkbook.saveAs(lcfilename,39)  && save in XLS format

>
>We have a situation, however, where a subroutine has received the Excel object as a parameter. This subroutine performs a save operation. In order to convert to the new save process I need to know the filename.
>
>While I could modify the routines to pass the name of the file, it seems more generic to get the name from the Excel object itself (if possible)

>oxl.activeworkbook.name

will give me the file name, but without the complete path.
>
>Is there some other property/method I can use to get the complete file name?

Try the Fullname property.
>
>Is there an alternate way of saving the file without getting the SaveAs dialog box?

Would setting DisplayAlerts to .F. do the trick?

Tamar