Yeager,
Following is my "canned" answer to the won't quit issue.
In addition, the line of code...
oXLWb.Worksheets.Worksheets(1).Name = "my sheet"
should read...
oXLWb.Worksheets(1).Name = "my sheet"
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Here are some general guidelines to use when automating Excel...
1. Set a reference to the primary Excel objects used in your program.
Dim xlApp As Excel.Application
Dim WB As Excel.Workbook
Dim WS As Excel.Worksheet
Set xlApp = New Excel.Application
Set WB = xlApp.Workbooks.Add
Set WS = WB.Sheets(1)
Use the appropriate reference Every Time you make reference to a spreadsheet.
Do not use Range(xx) - use WS.Range(xx)
Cells should be WS.Cells(10, 20) or _
WS.Range(WS.Cells(10, 20, WS.Cells(20, 40))
2. Avoid the use of ActiveSheet, ActiveWorkbook, Selection etc.
Use your object references.
3. Avoid the use of the "With" construct.
4. Set all objects to Nothing in the proper order - child then parent.
Set WS = Nothing
WB.Close SaveChanges:=True 'your choice
Set WB = Nothing
xlApp.Quit
Set xlApp = Nothing
Violating any of these guidelines can leave "orphans" that still refer
to Excel and prevent the application from closing.
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Articles dealing with unqualified references and automation application not quitting:
1. 178510 - PRB: Excel Automation Fails Second Time Code Runs
http:// support.microsoft.com / default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b178510
Summary: While running code that uses Automation to control Microsoft Excel,
one of the following errors may occur: With Microsoft Excel 97 and later, you receive the error:
Run-time error '1004': Method '<name of method>' of object '_Global' failed -or-...
2. 189618 - PRB: Automation Error Calling Unqualified Method or Property
http:// support.microsoft.com / default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b189618
Summary: While running code that uses Automation to control Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, or Word 2002,
you may receive one of the following error messages:
Run-time error '-2147023174' (800706ba) Automation error -or- Run-time error '462': The remote server...
3. 199219 - XL2000: Automation Doesn't Release Excel Object from Memory
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q199219
When you run a macro that uses automation to create a Microsoft Excel object (instance),
the Excel object does not exit from memory when you specify.
If you create another Excel object after quitting the first, a second instance is in memory.
This problem occurs when your macro uses a "WITH" statement that refers to the automation object.
4. 319832 - INFO: Error or Unexpected Behavior with Office Automation When You Use Early Binding in Visual Basic
http:// support.microsoft.com / default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b319832
Summary: When you automate a Microsoft Office application,
you may receive an error message or you may experience unexpected behavior, as follows.
You may receive one of the following error messages: Error 91: Object variable or With block variable not set....
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Regards,
Jim Cone
San Francisco, CA
"Yeager Simpson" <pl****@no.email> wrote in message news:uB**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Several messages to microsoft newsgroups have been posted regarding excel's
persistence until a program is shut down, but there seems to be no answer.
KB article Q317109
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;317109 seems to not
work? This question seems to be unanswered for VB net.
I don't have vb net. Programming with Visual Basic 6, the same behaviour is
easily reproduced - excel in the running processes list that won't go away.
try this:
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Dim oXLApp As Excel.Application
Dim oXLWb As Excel.Workbook
Dim oXLWs As Excel.Worksheet
Set oXLApp = New Excel.Application
oXLApp.DisplayAlerts = False
Set oXLWb = oXLApp.Workbooks.Add
oXLWb.Worksheets.Worksheets(1).Name = "my sheet"
Set oXLWs = oXLWb.Worksheets("my sheet")
'-- insert some data to excel
oXLApp.Quit
'// the above statement optional whether to close the instance of excel,
leave it open, save it prior in VB, whatever.
Set oXLWs = Nothing
Set oXLWb = Nothing
Set oXLApp = Nothing
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The excel object will stay in the process list no matter what combination of
the above is entered until the calling program is shut down. KB Q317109 says
this is by design. ahhhhhhhhhhh.
Help please. I want to get rid of excel without my users shutting down the
program.
