Maybe try making sure you have disposed of your Excel object before attempting to open the CSV.
Or maybe sleep the VFP thread for a couple of seconds to give things a chance to flush. declare integer sleep in "kernel32" long dwmilliseconds sleep(2000) I assume you have Excel hidden during this. Maybe introduce a flag that will make it visible during this process when run onsite so you can see if it is calving at a particular point for the users. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] 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/1489591722.2819230.912258648.5862d...@webmail.messagingengine.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.

