Jim,

What do you mean by 'cannot open'.

I tried it with a file that didn't exits, and it went ok. B TW I declared p
as a Picture object.

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Bob Phillips
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On Error Resume Next
Set p = ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(strPicRef)

When I access a picture that I cannot open, the above gives me run time
error 1004 via the debug dialogue box and no means of trapping the error.

Any idea why ?

Thanks, Jim.