"Paul Reynolds" wrote...
Sort of...

In VB.NET you can use code like:

Public Sub SomeSub(...)
Dim xlApp as Excel.Application

Set xlApp = New Excel.Application
' your VBA code here
xlApp.Quit
End Sub
....

Depending on how good (or not) the garbage collection is, it may be safer to
add a final statement:

Set xlApp = Nothing