My experience has been it's a hit and miss. I never tried to figure out
how/why I got one or the other.

Tracy

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Davis
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 12:10 PM

and if excel is loaded more than once ? is it possible to get access to
either ?

2008/9/22 Dave Crozier

> Rafael,
> Allen is correct - GetObj() will grant access to a currently loaded Excel.
> An error indicates that Excel is NOT loaded.
>
> Dave Crozier
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rafael Copquin
> Sent: 22 September 2008 11:47
>
> I usually use this code to launch Excel via automation:
>
> if upper(vartype(thisform.oExcel)) <> "O"
>    thisform.oExcel=createobject("Excel.Application")
> else
>    thisform.oExcel=getobject( , "Excel.Application") endif
>
> The above code was derived from the Hacker's Guide by Tamar Granor and 
> others.
>
> However, if I wanted to know in advance whether an instance of Excel 
> is open
>
> in the user's computer, is there any API call or function that would 
> tell me
>
> this]
>
> And if there is, could any of you post the code to accomplish this]
>
> TIA
>
> Rafael Copquin



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