note nemesdani I'm not sure you succeed in opening the xxx.xls in the first place. Try an absolute path instead e.g. "D:\\Work\\Test\\xxx.xls"<br><br> <c></c> <c></c> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-952739"> <br>I'm too lazy to be proud of being impatient. </div></div> 995522 995522