That sounds painful. :P

So the end result is a printout? Not a file? Is it printed locally, or to a network printer?

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>>George,
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>>You could set up an Excel server. An unmanned station, with a VFP app running, watching for requests (perhaps in a network directory). Create the spreadsheet at that station (and save as 1-2-3 if necessary).
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>This is an in-proc COM server that's being called from PowerBuilder that's calling Lotus in turn. The file is a template that's used over and over again and not saved. Since few users have Excel, I'm forced to come up with a solution in 1-2-3.
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>Thanks for the suggestion, however.