thanks Michael

getting the info into the spreadsheet now

the code runs great from outlook and is much quicker with the spreadsheet open

one thing i would like but cant get is to bring the excel spreadsheet to the
front after inseting the data as there is a field i need to manual update.

i have tried all the variations i can think of on MyApp and MyApp.workbook
ie select,show,visible.activate but cant get the spreadsheet to the front

regards

pete





"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:



Before calling CreateObject check if GetObject returns an object. If it
does, see whether the file is already in the Workbooks collection before
calling Workbooks.Open.

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Am Sun, 3 Jan 2010 08:03:01 -0800 schrieb pete the greek:

hi im trying to us excel to log whick folders i access within my email
and
am
struggling with the automation between outloook and excel

i appear to be able to do this by creating a new excel object and then
opening the excel file writing the info and then closing it again see
code
below.

what i would like to do is leave the escel file open as i assume this
would
be quicker but if i do this creatobject opens the file as read only in
the
background

i think i need to use getobject to pick up the open file but cant get it
to
work any pointers

code:

Sub log()

Set MyApp = CreateObject("excel.application")



Set objNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set thisfolder = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder

MyApp.workbooks.Open "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\My
Documents\test.xls", ReadOnly:="false"
MyApp.workbooks("test.xls").worksheets(1).Range("A 1").Select
MyApp.Selection.entirerow.Insert
MyApp.workbooks("test.xls").worksheets(1).Range("A 1").Value =
thisfolder.Name



MyApp.workbooks("test.xls").Close (True)



End Sub
.