thanks very much paul, it works perfectly :) thanks again
richard >> kind enough to provide me with a translation of the java instructions >> into coldfusion please :) > > ><cfscript> > outFile = createObject("java", > "java.io.File").init("e:\temp\excel\test.xls"); > workBook=createObject("java","jxl.Workbook").createWorkbook(outFile); > labelObj=createObject("java","jxl.write.Label"); > numberObj=createObject("java","jxl.write.Number"); > //////////////////////////////////////////////// > sheet = workBook.createSheet("First Sheet", 0); > thisLabel=labelObj.init(0,0,"happy happy gizmo"); > sheet.addCell(thisLabel); > thisNumber=numberObj.init(0, 1, 3.1459); > sheet.addCell(thisNumber); > workbook.write(); > workbook.close(); ></cfscript> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305066 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4