#Define xlValues  -4163

#Define xlWhole  1
#Define xlPart  2

lcSearchValue = 'find me'
lcXLS = 'c:\blah blah\myexcelfile.xls'
oExcel = Createobject("Excel.Application")
With oExcel
  .Workbooks.Open(lcXLS)
  With .ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet
    loRange = .Range('A:A').Find(lcSearchValue,,xlValues,xlPart)
    If !Isnull(loRange)
      ? .Range(Stuff(loRange.Address(),1,3,'$C$')).Cells(1,1).Value
    Else
      ? 'Not found'
    Endif
  ENDWITH
  .quit
Endwith

With xlPart you're searching values that's contained (ie: like '%find me%'. For exact match use xlWhole. Also Find has parameter for case sensitivity (default case insensitive).
Cetin

>I know Cetin, the problem is this excel file gets updated quite frequently.
>
>>Jaime,
>>There are numerous ways to do that with or w/o automation. I think import command would be one of the fastest.
>>Cetin