All the nicieties that you've read about, controlling Excel from Foxpro, require VFP. With VFP you can do practically anything to the spreadsheet that you could do when you are actually in Excel.

With standard Foxpro, you are limited to just getting data into Excel. You might be able to do minor formattting with DDE.

PF

>Hi My client has requested that I make an excel file with formatting from FoxPRO20. Does anyone have know the code to create and excel 2.0-5.0 file from scratch? Or does anyone have any suggestions on other metodologies for making this excel file. Calling a macro from withing the excel document wont work because the excel file creation occurs mid process and the process must not be interrupted/Halted.
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>I can be emailed at bbolton@jgsc.com
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>Thanks for your suggestions and help.
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>Brian b