>I seem to have a problem automating Excel. What i want is to select the first row in a range and make it bold.
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>I know this is simple, but everything I have tried thus far does not work. By the way, the number of columns vary, so I want to select the entire range and make it bold.
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>Best,
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>James

assuming _firstcell_ is the address of the first cell and oxl is Excel, you could try:

oselection = oxl.range(_firstcell_).currentregion.rows(1).select
oselection.font.bold = .t.

there must be a zillion other ways, but this one I've checked :)