Sergey

Seen your post on the subject and wondered if you could supply the other part of the answer - ie if it is open how can I close it?

I am updating an Excel spreadsheet from VFP6 and no matter what I do I can't close Excel without cancelling the program - here is my close code - could you possibly shed any light - it seems to have baffled all the UT Gurus.

oExcel.Quit()
release oExcel
lnHandle = fopen("c:\global\clientstats.xls",12
if lnHandle > 0
fclose(lnHandle)

Then I try to email clientstats.xls and file access is denied

Thanks

Colin