the sintaxis is somthing like this:

oxlsheet.range("A1:K1").interior.ColorIndex = 6
oxlsheet.range("A1:K1").FONT.ColorIndex = 3

the number for yellow i think is 6

to find out simple go to excel
start the macro recorder
chenge the coloe os a cell
stop the recorder and look at the code that it created.

Bernardo


>My application creates an Excel file. I need to make the 1st row of information in the Excel file appear yellow. I tried the following (for each cell):
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> oleApp.cells(1,1).BackColor=65535
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>..and a few other things that are clearly incorrect.
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>Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>Martha