i'm trying to hack together a little win32ole program named xls2csv - function is obvious. basically i want to mass convert a whole slew of xls doccuments into csv using the windows excel application to create validation files (the csv files) for testing a *nix excel file reader. i'm sure i could batch this under excel but i wanted a way to spawn the command remotely to a windows box running sshd under cygwin so i don't have to get up - after all the windows box is a least 10 feet away ;-) any pointers appreciated. -a -- =============================================================================== | email :: ara [dot] t [dot] howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | phone :: 303.497.6469 | Your life dwells amoung the causes of death | Like a lamp standing in a strong breeze. --Nagarjuna ===============================================================================