>Hi Tamar
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>In your Office automation book, page 155 indicates there is an alternate means of detecting if Excel is already running. It further indicates the alternative is in the Print Preview section later in the chapter.
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>I can't seem to find that alternative <g>. Can you help?

Della wrote that chapter, so I'll have to try to read her mind. <g> I think the reference is to the example on page 180, where FindWindowA is used to get a handle to Excel and bring it forward.

Tamar