Cetin
You might be interested to know that I fanally cracked it. I navigated to a blank worksheet first and then excel closed
With thisform.OleControl1
.Navigate2('file://c:\global\blank.xls')
Do While .ReadyState # 4 && Wait for ready state
EndDo
endwith
oExcel.quit
oExcel=.null.
release oExcel
Thanks for all your help
Colin
Specialist in Advertising, Marketing, especially Direct Marketing
I run courses in Business Management and Marketing
