John,

You could move the splash screen open to the Auto_Open macro, that doesn't
fire when Excel is opened via Automation.

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HTH

RP

"John Baker" wrote in message
...
Hi:

I am attempting to develop an Excel application that is seamlessness
linked with an Access
application so the end user does not know (or care) what underlying tols
are being used.
It all works fine, but the "seamless"aspect is hurt by the fact that the
Excel splash
screen keeps opening up whenever I open the worksheet.

Is there some way I can programmatically suppress the splash screen when
the Excel sheet
is opened?

Best

John Baker