oExcel = createobject( "excel.application" ) oExcel.Visible = .t. oWorkbook = oExcel.Workbooks oWorkbook.Open( "TheSpreadsheet.xls" ) oSheet = oExcel.ActiveSheet for each oRow in oSheet.Rows ?? '.' with oRow for each oCol in oRow.Cloumns ? oCol.Value endwith endwith endfor oWorkbook.Close() oExcel.Quit()>I have a situation where I have data that comes to me in xls files. One of the colums can be very wide. In excess of 3000 characters.