Difference between CreateObject(“Excel.Application”) .Workbooks.Open and just Workbooks.Open

Question

I am currently using Workbooks.Open to process a large number of files contained in a directory. But opening and closing these files make the files appear in the ta

Answer 1

Late binding is slightly slower than early binding, but you may not even notice the difference. Yes, you can use just use one instance for all the workbooks. Note that this:

Dim xl As New Excel.Application

xl.Workbooks.Open "z:\docs\test.xlsm"

Will not be visible unless you say:

xl.Visible = True

Be sure to close any instances in your error trap.