?oExcel.version will give you the version number. Check here for more info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel.

>Thank you Craig, Yuri and Tore.
>
>I found the .h file values and it's working now.
>
>Is there any way I can relate the excel # to a year?
>Most people say Office 2003, etc. and I'd like to know which excel # relates to which version of Office.
>
>
>>>>I think you can use SaveAs rather than Save, but it's been a while since I did Excel automation.
>>>>
>>>>>The client's program uses Office Automation to prepare Excel spreadsheets for email to customers.
>>>>>Some of the client's workstations have the latest Office version and create spreadsheets that cannot be read by earlier versions (I can't read them with Office 2003)
>>>>>Is there some way to control the version that is created ?
>>>
>>>It looks as if SaveAs is the answer, but I can't get it to work.
>>>It should accept another parameter for file format.
>>>I found a list, but no matter how I try to pass it, I crash
>>>
>>>This is the latest try, and it crashed
>>>
>>> ole_xls.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs(lc_location + pc_detail + ".xls","xlExcel5" )
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ole_xls.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs(lc_location + pc_detail + ".xls",xlExcel5 )

>>Or, if you have forgotten to include the .h file:
>>

ole_xls.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs(lc_location + pc_detail + ".xls",39 )