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Hi

I have been asked to create a front end appliacation where people can enter
data in text boxes and the data will update the excel sheet.
The problem is that there are going to be 15 people using the application
and they do not have Microsoft Access (or sql) to store the data in a back
end database.
As you know it isnt possible for more than one person to access an Excel
sheet, update it and save it.
So now I am kind of stuck. I have tried a '.csv' file and updated it
successfully, but it doesnt support the colouring and resizing of cells.
At present I am updating an '.xls' file and I am also able to do this
successfully. But now I am trying to get VB to know whether the excel sheet
is read/write or just read. If it is read then I will put in a method called
sleep which will cause a small delay and then try again.

I have only started programming recently and I am only 19. So I probably
have no idea what im talking about, but I would appreciate any pointers and
tips with the code and how to go about it.