>>>>>Hi
>>>>>
>>>>>Have been successfully using Excel automation for months - now when I run the application I get an error oxls is not an object - could Excel have been corrupted?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>Colin
>>>>
>>>>Probably not Excel itself, but more likely the registry entries for Excel.
>>>
>>>Would uninstalling Office and reinstalling fix it in your view>
>>>
>>>Colin
>>
>>That's usually the only solution that works. Sometimes, you can just do a repair installation.
>
>Fred you were right - repair did it
>
>Thanks
>
>Colin

Glad that worked for you. With Excel, it's not a big difference between a repair or an uninstall/re-install. Outlook can be an entirely different story.