Hi Raja,

Please clarify how do I get the version of Excel without creating/using
Excel object.

I guess you could check in the registry whether a certain path exists?

If you have Excel 2003 installed, a path like :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel

should exist.

For other versions this is:

97: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Ex cel
2000: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Ex cel
XP: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\E xcel

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
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