I need to copy a range of data in an active worksheet(say workbook
A.xls) to a worksheet in an open workbook in another instance of excel
97 (say workbook B.xls). I can programatically accomplish the copy
part from A. I can even then manually select a cell in the other open
workbook (B) and manualy paste the range, but I have been unable so
far to accomplish the paste in vba. I suspect that I need to make
B.xls the active workbook and then the paste will work. How do I
switch the active workbook to B?

Curtis