Hey all,

I'm doing some pretty heavy Excel automation from within Access 2000. As
part of what I do, I scan through multiple Excel files within a folder (as
many as 500) and read some values. Everything works the way I want it
to....however, I find that I can't open any other Excel sheets while this
process is running.

Ordinarily, all the workbook opening occurs invisibly - I have objXL.Visible
= False. However, if I open another Excel file (unrelated to the automated
app), suddenly I see all those files from the folder being opened for a
second, then closed again. That would be acceptible, I suppose, if the
application didn't give these opening sheets the focus.

I guess my question is, is there some way I can use other Excel files in a
somewhat normal fashion, while this import is running in the background?
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just a guess.... but try putting
DoEvents
just before you start the process of reading the excel files in yo
code

manges

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have you tried starting another instance of excel and then opening the file?

Charles
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"MDW" wrote in message
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Hey all,

I'm doing some pretty heavy Excel automation from within Access 2000. As
part of what I do, I scan through multiple Excel files within a folder (as
many as 500) and read some values. Everything works the way I want it
to....however, I find that I can't open any other Excel sheets while this
process is running.

Ordinarily, all the workbook opening occurs invisibly - I have
objXL.Visible
= False. However, if I open another Excel file (unrelated to the automated
app), suddenly I see all those files from the folder being opened for a
second, then closed again. That would be acceptible, I suppose, if the
application didn't give these opening sheets the focus.

I guess my question is, is there some way I can use other Excel files in a
somewhat normal fashion, while this import is running in the background?
--
Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now!