>Bruce, Jose--
>
>Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. Things are working just fine now on the machines with only the runtime files.
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>I replaced the original
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> oleApp = GETOBJECT ("$$TEMP.xls", "Excel.Sheet")
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>with
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> oleApp = GETOBJECT ("", "Excel.Application")
> oleApp.Workbooks.Open ("$$TEMP.xls")
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>What the problem was and why this change fixed the problem is a mystery to me.
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>Tim

Tim,

You're not alone, there are still lots of mysteries for me too. What's good is that we can most of the time find workarounds to achieve our goals.

José