You could also just put an ExcelWorksheet OLEControl onto your form.

>>>What is the best way to view a spreadsheet? I'm currently using a "RUN" command followed by the file name but this displays the "Foxrun" command window (big black box).
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>>>Is there another, more elegant way to do this?
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>>>Thanks in advance
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>>Hello,
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>>Excel is an EXCELLENT OLE server (i have used it extensively).
>>Anything you do think of with Excel can be nicely requested from fox.
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>>Try this (should work with recent versions of Excel) :
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>>oExcel=getobject(getfile("xls"))
>>oExcel.windows(1).visible=.t.
>>oExcel.application.visible=.t.
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>>you can, of course do much more,
>>
>>François
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>This looks like exactly what I need but I get an error message when I try it.
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>The message is "OLE object does not have a windows property" so the second line crashes.
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>Are you setting up a form with an OLE object on it? Is this object named oExcel? Is there a CommandButton with this code in the 'Click' event?
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>Thanks in advance.