Reference Excel Spreadsheet with VBA

you can try something like

   Dim gobjExcel As Excel.Application
    Dim WS As Excel.Worksheet
    Set gobjExcel = GetObject(, "Excel.Application")
    on error resume next
    Set WS = gobjExcel.Workbooks("rpt_OverviewforExport.xls").Sheets(1)
   If WS is nothing then
       Msgbox "Kindly keep the required sheet open"
       Exit Sub/Function
   End If
    ' continue with your error handling
    On Error Goto <Errorhandler>

Let me know.
$wapnil

Well I open the workbook programmatically so the problem is not that it's closed, the problem is that if the user has another instance of Excel running I get a "Subscript out of range" error.

Any good way to handle that? Maybe I'm just referencing the workbook I'm interested in wrong?
Thx,

mv

Ok.

When you open the workbook programmitically do you not store the reference of the workbook and the excel instance that is used to open the workbook. Can you paste the code that is used to open the workbook programmitically.thanks.

$wapnil

See below. I don't store it. That's another issue (and another open EE question) I have: how to get the file path and name? 'Cause with the below if a user selects a different name or path than the hardcoded, it's obviously not going to work.
Thanks!

mv

stDocName = "rpt_OverviewforExport"
    DoCmd.OpenReport stDocName, acPreview
    DoCmd.OutputTo acReport, stDocName
    Set xlApp = CreateObject("excel.application")
    xlApp.Visible = True
    xlApp.Workbooks.Open ("C:\TVS\rpt_OverviewforExport.xls")
    xlApp.Application.ActiveWorkbook.RunAutoMacros (xlAutoOpen)
    Call FormatOverviewforExportRpt
    DoCmd.Close acReport, stDocName, acSave