Henry, I didn't realize that it's a version 1.x mdb. I suspect that even using ADO, you might run into the same issues because of a newer version of Microsoft Data Objects on the system. I can't test it for you, but I'm guessing the Convert dialog might still pop up.

Alan

>Hi Alan:
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>>I'm not entirely sure what you mean by transferring manually and you want to point to a dialog box and transfer the file to excel.
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>Meaning that I use the "Get External Data" from within Excel to connect to the Access database, then select a file and save that data in the worksheet.
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>The only simple way I know is to open Access, open a database, choose a table, and do a 'Save As' to Excel.
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>I have some trouble here. When I open Access, and then try to open a mdb file, the Convert Database dialog box appears. Clicking OK displays a message "This operation is not supported for Microsoft Access 1.x databases."
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>And, thank you for that orientation in ADO. It is very much appreciated.