>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When exporting data from VFP 9 application to Excel and using the following syntax:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

>>>>>>EXPORT TO (cExcelFileName) type XLS
>>>>>>

>>>>>>
>>>>>>Does the above require that MS Excel be installed on the PC?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>TIA
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Dmitry,
>>>>>
>>>>>No.
>>>>>
>>>>>MartinaJ
>>>>
>>>>Thank you, Martina!
>>>>
>>>>If you don't mind, a follow up question, please.
>>>>
>>>>If the Excel automation is done using the following syntax:
>>>>

>>>>oExcel = Createobject("Excel.Application")
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>Does the error 1733 "Class definition EXCEL.APPLICATION is not found" means that Excel is not installed on the PC?
>>>
>>>Yes, Dmitry.
>>>
>>>MartinaJ
>>
>>Thank you, again. The strange thing is that in my app I use the syntax oExcel = Createobject("Excel.Application") and in one place the exporting works. And in another place I get error "Class definition EXCEL.APPLICATION is not found." And I am executing the application on the Remote Desktop (connected to the customer) where, as far as I know, Excel is not installed. Could it be that in one case it "gets" Excel from my PC and in another it does not?
>>
>>UPDATE. I found out that in the place where Export works, the program was using EXPORT TO (cExcelFileName) type XLS (and I will change it per Tamar's suggestion). And in the place where it didn't work, the program was using Createobject("Excel.Application"). And I told the customer to install MS Excel on the servers.
>
>If you want to be nitpicky, oExcel = Createobject("Excel.Application") might fail even if Excel is installed on the machine, directory was moved later, but Excel still works if the exe is clicked directly in moved directory (might show some nag screens, but works later on).
>
>But as the Registry entry is wrong, automation probably will fail.

Thank you.