From: "greg.rb" Date: 2005-11-10T06:12:13+09:00 Subject: Re: win32ole --Dynamic lookup vs Static? It worked!!!!! irb(main):001:0> require 'excel' => true irb(main):002:0> xl=Excel_Application_10.new => #> irb(main):003:0> xl.visible=1 => 1 irb(main):004:0> When I get a chance I will run some tests to see if it helps performance. Thanks.