>Again, If the sapplication needs to ahve access to teh excel object from all
>over the place then create the variable in the startup program;
>
>

>* Startup program
>PRIVATE oExcel
>oExcel = NULL
>

>
>Then when you need it you can;
>
>

>IF TYPE("oExcel.Name") <> "C"
>   oExcel =- CreateObject("Excel.Application")
>ENDIF
>

Duh. Thanks. I would have done it John's way, most likely...