I'm afraid you can't open excel from lookout. I managed to use activeX control to show the csv file. See the attachment. Assume there are sheet1.csv and sheet2.csv files under Desktop\. Have a try in the same way.
you know i think just viewing the csv files with the ativex approach is going to be the ticket...i'll try tomorrow at the plant i've installed a new batch system at to see if i can get it to open the correct files....am i thinking about this right by using one combobox for the day and one for the month together somehow to drill down and get the right file to open...like i said before the spreadsheet object logs daily which stores the file under year...month...day...file....thanks randyt