>IIRC Foxobject was not for COM.
>Try getting Sheets as single var, or check if item[n], Len or items are available on loWorkbook.Sheets,
>sprinkle in Doevents...

Ok. will work in a TRY/CATCH around some other check.

What does DOEVENTS actually do - or why would I sprinkle this in? Help file seems to indicate it just stops until all windows events are finished.

Albert