Subj: VB3 and Excel files Section: VB3 Specific To: C. M. Naylor, 100520,3201 Friday, January 15, 1999 5:04:52 PM From: Calvin G. Smith, 102226,2127 #725804 Hi Chris! >>> Does anyone have any bright ideas about how to import and export Excel spreadsheet data into and from a Visual Basic 3.0 application ... Ideally, it should be possible to find some reasonably ready means of reading and writing to Excel files without the need for Excel to be present and without the need for an intermediate file stage ... Any ideas? <<< Sure, just use DAO and connect to your Exel file(s) via ODBC. Calvin Smith - Sr. Visual Basic/MS Access Consultant ******************************************************** WEB: www.CalvinSmithSoftware.com ********************************************************