>From VFP, is there a way to open an excel spreadsheet, then starting at a particular cell location retrieve a cell value, lookup that value in a foxpro table (I know how to look ), then write the value in the cell to the right of the original value, then move on to the next record until the end? Then close the spread sheet and Excel.
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>Or is this asking too much?
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>Any help would be great. Thanks!

The Solutions app that ships with VFP has enough Excel automation samples to get you started here. What you want to do should not be difficult.