Why not have a look for yourself
xl97-2003 in WinXP
Help, About, System info, Software environment, loaded modules
xl2007
Excel Options, Resources, About, System info, loaded modules

Regards,
Peter T


"Greg Lovern" wrote in message
...
If I declare a function in a standard DLL (not an ActiveX DLL) with
"Declare Function" (etc.), and then in the code make a call to that
function in the standard DLL, does the DLL stay in memory until Excel
exits?

Or is the standard DLL unloaded after each call to it?


Thanks,

Greg