To be on the safe side, always RELEASE oExcel and/or oExcel=.NULL.

>not tried but will, I'll have to store all the filenames somewhere for a batch print when required I guess.
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>noted a mention of for each loops causing issues and got a bit excited, however I dont use them at all! the only other thing is I create the excel instance with
>oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
>I don't suppose I'd be better with oExcel = CreateObject("Excel") and then getting reference to the application?
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>I was under the assumption that application.quit() would clean up it's parent anyway.
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>oh well thanks for all the help, off to try again...