* If you do something like

m.loExcel = CREATEOBJECT( "Excel.Application" )

* can you then reliably check if it was instantiated successfully with

IF TYPE( "m.loExcel" ) == "O" AND NOT ISNULL( m.loExcel )
  * Invocation successful

Regards. Al

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