>Excel shows column width when we are resizing column. Excel uses units and pixels to show width. when I use Automation width property shows something else (I think). So a column 80 pixels width has width property equal 48. Is ther a way to find out pixels?

It's probably using some other units, depending on the font in use (foxels ? :). Short of digging through Office help, you may run a few tests setting different font sizes and using some tool like VFP TextWidth() and FontMetric() functions - could be Excel has something similar.

The whole thing seems to be annoying, actually - I've seen pixels, foxels, twips, RTF halfpoints and other incongruent units of measure. Probably because all these tools come from several competing companies which couldn't agree on a standard (MS, MS and MS).

We could establish an exchange rate website somewhere... "twip is down .023 pixels this morning" :)