Scott,
Just a guess, but have you tried including .T. as a parameter? It works on other commands like Close().

Barbara

>When I create a new workbook, Excel automatically comes up with 3 worksheets. I only want 2.
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>When I'm done filling in the first 2, i do a
>m.oExcel.Worksheets(3).delete()
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>this works but the user gets an excel nag sheet asking them if they really want to delete the worksheet. i, of course, don't want them to see that.
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>any ideas how i can delete that 3'rd sheet quitely (or maybe never get it to begin with).
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>thanks
>
>scott vandenelzen