Yes, that would help, if an unknowing person tried it. Plus, unless the routine is short, I normally don't put in the Visible=.T. statement until after the routine is finished (unless I'm testing it). Otherwise, with intense automation, the process can really s-l-o-w down, due to screen refreshes (even in the background).
---Michael

>Your welcome Michael. Just for the record, the example was missing one line:
>
>oXL=createobject('excel.application')
>oXL.visible = .t.
>oXL.Workbooks.Add
>oXL.Range("A6").Select
>oXL.ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.HPageBreaks.Add(oXL.ActiveCell)