>>'Release' will only release the variable. It won't take XL out of memory, and it really isn't needed anyway if oleexcel is local. oleexcel.quit() is the way to go as Selim pointed out.
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>also Selim is correct, and this is also the more correct way, realese oleexcel will terminate excel. try and watch the task manager:

>oleexcel = CREATEOBJECT("Excel.application")
>release oleexcel

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>i would think that this would be equal to terminating the process in the task manager.

Yes, you're correct. I just tested it, and release does close XL. Somehow using the XL object to close itself still seems more OOP though.

Alan