Something like:
ObjExcel.Workbooks.Open(fullpath("filename.xls"))
ObjExcel.Rows("1:1").Delete

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thanks yuri. your solution worked. another excel question for you: how do I delete just the first row of an excel file. what is the excel object for that method. doesn't need to set the range, just needs to delete teh headers which is usually the first row....
Thanks in Advance.