I tried the code that you posted and, you know what?, it worked!!!

So I retract what I said before about your code not working. It does! Sorry!


oExcel = Createobject("excel.application")
oworkbook = oExcel.workbooks.add(Getfile()) && point to an xls file....
oExcel.visible = .t.





>How much money are you willing to bet.........and lose.... The fact is, if you specify and XLS file, it works just file......as well as an XLT...
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>And obviously, there are some error trapping issues the user will need to deal with...
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>Sorry...
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