I think there is a way around it, Dennis, but unfortunately I am on holiday now and don't have access to my books and whatnot (just a poor, underpowered laptop). I'll see what I can find out.

>John,
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>Sorry, I missed one important point that is the error is only occured when the excel worksheet has password protected. Therefore when EXCEL prompt me to enter the password, if I input the wrong password, press cancel/ok, the error will be occured. If in the case, how can I only the record down the filename and error message, and the program will still processing.
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>Thanks
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>Dennis