[RESOLVED] Excel.exe still running after Wb.close and x.quit

Hello there

I am writing an export routine in MS acess 2000

It opens up an excel file and I feed data into the worksheet, however when all is done, and the file is saved, and I send the command to close the excell application it looks liek excel closes fine, but it is still running in the background if I check the taskmanager, and it seems only when I close acess that excel also shuts down.

Here is the start and end to my code
...

Dim x As Excel.Application
Dim ws As Excel.Worksheet
Dim wb As Excel.Workbook
Set x = New Excel.Application
Set wb = x.Workbooks.Open("C:\templatefile.xls")
x.Visible = True
Set ws = wb.Worksheets("Sheet1")

there is then some code which feeds information to specific cells in the worksheet, and that works fine...
and at the end

ws.SaveAs Wrk_File_Name
wb.close
x.Quit

...

I set excel to be visible and it runs great, and the code to paste my information to cells and formating works great. at the end the applicaiton saves and the excel appears to close and I am returned to my access application. However, if I check excel.exe is still running in the background on my pc.

any suggestions??

Welcome to VBForums :wave:

As you are writing this in Access, it belongs in our Office Development forum, as the VB editor in Access (and other Office applications) is not VB 6, but VBA 6 which can often be different - Thread moved to Office Development forum

Your "start" code is fine, and will not be the cause of this kind of problem. Your "end" code isn't quite right, as you don't Set the objects to Nothing - see post #4 of the Excel Tutorial that is linked from my signature for examples.

The issue is actually likely to be in the part you didn't show us, and the things that are likely to cause it are explained in post #11 of the tutorial. Using methods like Cells or Range or Selection without an appropriate parent object is a well known cause of this kind of issue.

Thnks for the tips, I looked over your tutorial and it was quite helpful..

it turned out that I was missing one parent object reference and once that was fixed the issue with excel staying open cleared itself up.

Glad I found these forms, They will come in handy over the next few weeks I think.

Take care..

And Thanks again!!

I'm happy to help - and I'm impressed that you managed to sort it out yourself based on the advice given (most threads like this tend to go on for a while, as people tend to miss one or more items in their code!).


As you now have it sorted out, could you please do us a little favour, and mark the thread as Resolved?
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