Already read many posts on object models, early & late binding. One
suggestion put forth for overcoming the incompatibilities of object models is
to program in an earlier version; it should port forward. This has not been
my (limited) experience. I had to build a macro/VBA combination that worked
in Excel 2002 to overcome errors from opening and running the macros/VBA
built in Excel 2000. Once this was done it is now not backward compatible.

I have tried inspecting the Excel version number and executing different
code but this also fails. The commands that fail are setting border
thickness, colors, cell shading and cell protection. Can you point out
additional resources on 'binding'; is this required with an Excel macro/VBA
solution? (It is not a compiled app.)

There are many hidden sheets and locked cells in my solution. Excel
auto-prompts for the password when an error occurs. Is there a better method
of pgm to avoid the auto password request?

Is there a resource on commands/parameters available in differing versions
of Excel?

Thank You for your time.
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John