>>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

Oh, yes. Therefore I used to use three lines always and no matter what:
oXL.Quit()
oXL=.null.
release oXl