When I write numbers, dates or currency values to an Excel file using
ADO (VB6) there is a little green mark at the top left of each column
indicating there is an error with the data. When I click on the cell I
get a small exclamation mark pops up to the left. I click on it and it
shows a drop down which provides the following selections:
"Number Stored as Text"
"Convert to Number"
"Help on this Error"
"Ignore Error:"
"Edit in Formula Bar"
"Error Checking Options"
"Show Formula Auditing Toolbar"

Apparently Excel thinks there is a problem with the data. But all I
have to do to correct the problem and get rid of the little green mark
at the top left corner of the cell is click in the formula bar and the
click out. So there really isn't a problem (the cell is formated as
"General" so numbers or dates should work as well as anything else).
Here is the code I use.

With objConn
.Provider = "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
.ConnectionString = "Data Source=" & strExcelFile & "; Extended
Properties=Excel 8.0"
.Open
End With

rs.Open "select * from [Sheet1$]", objConn, adOpenKeyset,
adLockOptimistic

mrsPrepaidQuotes.MoveFirst ' mrsPrepaidQuotes is an ado recordset
from a mssql2000 db
While Not mrsPrepaidQuotes.EOF
rs.AddNew
rs.Fields("OriginalOrderDate") = DateOnly(mrsPrepaidQuotes!
OriginalOrderDate) 'returns a data string "07/07/2006" - Has the
little green thing in corner
rs.Fields("OriginalS#") =
mrsPrepaidQuotes.Fields("OriginalS#").Value ' returns a letter and
numbers ' no prob
rs.Fields("Quote#") = mrsPrepaidQuotes.Fields("Quote#").Value '
returns a letter and numbers ' no prob
rs.Fields("CustomerNumber") =
mrsPrepaidQuotes.Fields("CustomerNumber").Value ' returns a number, as
green thing
rs.Fields("Amt") = FormatCurrency(mrsPrepaidQuotes!Amt) ' return
currency string "$100.00" also has green thing
rs.Fields("Amt w/Tax") =
FormatCurrency(mrsPrepaidQuotes.Fields("Amt w/Tax").Value) return
currency string "$100.00" also has green thing
mrsPrepaidQuotes.MoveNext
Wend
rs.Update

Thanks in advance.