>When I copy to a new worksheet from a cursor it will only copy about 16,000 of the rows. I have over 30,000 to copy what do I do then?

In this case, the best method might be to retrieve the "source" worksheets into VFP cursors (you could read the sheets directly with a VFP/Excel object). Open all three and use a VFP Excel Object to create the target or combined work sheet. Do you need some guidance on how to write to an XLS using a VFP Object?