You've probably got some hidden dialog waiting for an answer asking you if you want to save your changes. Try adding something like this to your exception handling before you call Quit.
m.oExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Saved= .T. && this prevents Excel prompt when we destroy the Excel object -- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of rafael copquin Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 4:59 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Excel errors I have been using Excel automation for years. However, I could not find a way to kill the Excel application when an error occurs. Here is an example: I have this cursor with an inventory list that contains 9000 rows and 10 columns, named curStock. I save the cursor with: local cExcel cExcel = 'c:\temp\stock.xls' select curStock copy to (cExcel) type xl5 if upper(vartype(thisform.oExcel)) = "O" thisform.oExcel.quit thisform.oExcel = .f. Else thisform.AddProperty('oExcel') EndIf if upper(vartype(thisform.oExcel)) <> "O" thisform.oExcel=createobject("Excel.Application") else thisform.oExcel=getobject(,"Excel.Application") endif Try lOK = .t. With thisform.oExcel .workbooks.open("&cExcel") endwith Catch to oError lOK = .f. MessageBox(oError.message,16,'Excel caused an error',2000) thisform.oExcel.quit EndTry if not lOK quit else *** show the spreadsheet endif The property thisform.oExcel is trying to open the big Excel sheet (stock.xls) but fails Supposedly thisform.Excel.quit should kill the Excel instance. However it still remains in memory. The task manager shows it is still dangling in memory but is invisible. How can I kill it? BTW I use this approach instead of filling and formatting the sheet line by line, because it takes about half an hour to show, due to the large amount of records the cursor contains. Rafael Copquin [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/bn4pr10mb091323d1948c57e929eecb62d2...@bn4pr10mb0913.namprd10.prod.outlook.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
