I think that messagebox is nothing to do with Excel object. I would suggest to debug and check windowstate on each line of code to see what and why is going on.


>Dear Yuri,
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>Yeah, back from the wilderness, and completely rejuvenated !
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>Getting back to my code, I find that my excel file opens maximised if the messagebox command is absent! You're right about the DO CASE. Excel works fine within a DO Case. Any idea why this 'Messagebox' problem ??
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>Thanks Yuri.
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>Regards,
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>Steve.