>Tamar,
>
>Thanks. Can you give the example to reproduce the behaviour when Excel is patially functional?

Here's the easiest repro I know:

oXL = CREATEOBJECT("Excel.Application")
oXL.Visible = .t.
oXL.Quit()
oXL.Visible = .T.

The Excel window that appears is weird, to say the least.

Tamar