>>Whether /import .... XL8 SHEET sheet_name/ does not do what you need?
>>Additionally you could use Excel Automation to gather all Sheet Names and then process them as needed. Like:
>>ObjExcel= CREATEOBJECT("Excel.Application")
>>with ObjExcel
>>.Workbooks.Open("c:\book1.xls")
>>for ia=1 to .Worksheets.count
>>?.Worksheets(ia).NAme
>>.....
>
>Thanks - I'll have to use the automation even though it gets me back to my original problem of not wanting the auto_open macro to fire when opening the workbook with automation .
>
>Cheers,
>Jamie

Jamie,

I am confused. AFAIK, auto_open macro does not fire while Automation. It works 'automatically' upon open document manually only. What kind of auto_open macro do you have?