>I am trying to create an instance of Excel and use to it allow a user to edit a previously saved worksheet. The syntax that I have used is as follows:
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>oExcel = CREATEOBJECT("Excel.Sheet")
>oExcel.Visible = .T.
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>Excel is started becuase I can see it under task manager, but it is not visible. I have tried things like:
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>oExcel.Draw() and..
>oExcel.Paint and..
>oExcel.Show()
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>No matter what I do, Excel remains invisible. Can anyone offer any help/advice?

Check out the sample code from MS on my web site. It opens Excel, populates a spreadsheet, graphs some data and then moves it into Powerpoint.