>>Hi Bruce,
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>>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.
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>Okay, thanks...must be some local problem. When I use
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>oExcel=createobject("Excel.Sheet"), it seems to work, but I have more errors after I try to open a file or make it visible. But I may be using the wrong syntax for this object...I'll poke around in the KB to see what I can find...

Are you positive you aren't using Excel95? Both oExcel=createobject("Excel.Sheet") and oExcel=createobject("Excel.Application") work in Excel97.