Hi Bruce,

This should work. I copied this line directly from your post into the command window and it worked fine with Excel97. Sorry I can't be of more help but thought I'd confirm for you that your syntax is correct. Good luck.

>When I use for Excel97:
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>oExcel=createobject("Excel.Application")
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>I get a "server execution failed" error, though the same method works for Word97. What's wrong with the Excel code?