Is it possible to start Excel from a command prompt and
pass it parameters like a DOS/C;Delphi;etc program and
pass it parameters?

I've tried executing it from a cmd prompt like:

C:\.....\excel.exe a b c d

and it thinks a b c d are files.

In mainframe terms, I want to start it like:

// EXEC PGM=EXCEL,PARM='02042004, FULL'

or in a C program be able to read

ArgC, and ArgV

or in Delphi be able to get

ParamCt, ParamStr(0..ParamCt)

I'm actually I'm going to do a create task API call to
start Excel with "ONE" file that has several macros and a
workbook_open() to run the stuff.

But I need to be able to grab a sequential file and read
it, but it will have an "unknown" name so I can't hard
code it and I DON'T want to open it in ANOTHER workbook....

got any clues anyone??

Thanks
JGS