Hi al

I am automating excel 97 from Access 97. When I finish running all my code, I leave the instance of excel open but set all references to excel objects to nothing

When I then close excel, excel.exe is not showing in the Task Manager processes. However, if I close the workbook, the instance of excel is hidden and excel.exe still shows in the Task Manager processes

Has anyone come across this. I was thinking that maybe i had left some references to excel objects still valid but cannot find where I may have done this

Would be grateful for any help

Thank
Michelle