>Is it possible to use VFP 7 from within Excel without actually installing VFP on the target machine?
>
>I'm using syntax similar to the following:
>
>Dim oFox As Object
>Set oFox = CreateObject("VisualFoxPro.Application")
>
>oFox.DoCmd "SELECT line_no,b_l,gl,units,shipper as shipcode,pro_no,corp,name as carrier,batch_no as batch ,line_no as Line, " + _
> " (Fas_val+ex_value+fuel_app+insur_app+gst_app)" _
> + " as Amount,gst_app as gst,weight as actual_wt, bweight as billed_wt, bill_date, supplier as customer, locname as destcity, " _
> + "supplier.prov as destprov " _
> + " from &mfile bills,&supFile supplier,f:\test\carrier carrier where batch_no = " + Workbooks("personalmacros.xls").Worksheets("sheet1").Range("c7") + _
> " and consignee = supplier.code and carrier = carrier.code order " + _
> "by name,batch_no,line_no into cursor batch1 "

Have you tried to write a COM DLL with a DoCmd method which macro-substituted the parameter? It might be this easy.

If it isn't, how about writing different methods such as DoSelect which have the command name in the method, with all the clauses added on with macros?