i Gord,

you understand [g] right Gord, it's with pleasure ;-)
i just remember that this can be done much more simply with old tools "Excel4"
to read a single row is more than enough
i know it's ok on XL2002 to 2007 but i do not know for xl2010

Sub test2()
Dim nRow As Integer, nColumn As Integer, n As Integer
Dim sDir As String
nRow = 5
For i = 1 To 1
sDir = Range("A" & i) 'Range("A1:Ax") contains values like "c:\temp\"
n = n + 1
For nColumn = 1 To 256
Sheets(2).Cells(n, nColumn) = ExecuteExcel4Macro _
("'" & sDir & "[MyFile.xls]ORF_Charge'!R" & nRow & "C" & nColumn & "")
Next
Next
End Sub



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