>Tamar,
>
>I don't see this behavior with Excel2000 and NT4.
>
>loexcel = createobject("excel.application" ) && excel.exe in memory
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>loexcel.quit() && still in memory because of the object reference VFP hold
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>loexcel = .null. && excel.exe is now no longer in memory
>

That's what I get for writing without testing. Looks like loExcel.Quit() isn't sufficient to remove it from memory (even though that works for Word), but releasing or nulling the variable is.

Tamar