some have suggested:

set xlapp=getobject(,"fully qualified workbookname").Parent

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

" wrote:

Hello,
I want to loop through every instance of excel and find an open
workbook, I tried this:

For i = 1 To app.workbooks.Count + 1
z = app.workbooks(i).Name
If InStr(app.workbooks(i).Name, "STXL") Then
WB_Found = True
Exit For
End If
Next

Unfortunately, this only finds the open workbooks within each
individual instance. Is this even possible?

Clay