>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.

Okay, I found a way to do it that works for me in the Solution project:

tmpsheet = GetObject('','excel.sheet')
XLApp = tmpsheet.application
XLApp.Visible = .t.

It's kind of a two-step process...