Take this as a starting point: http://www.bbv.ch/pdf_files/system_event/2005_XMLto%20Excel.pdf Look for other posts here on CodeProject (there are quite a few). To sum it up. you can use: - XSLT (optional with an Excel XML Template file) - csv files (easiest) - Interop (search for Excel Interop assemblies) - use third-party library Happy programming Urs -^-^-^-^-^- no risk no funk

Do you mean you want to make a program that will start your other programs? Look at the Process class. The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec² - Marcus Dolengo

what if i have more that 1000 forms in my project do i have to write code for each form in its name to call it, also my project is multilengual and the user can change the form descritpion and loacation in the tree throw a spechle forms so that why i use the database !!!! i do all these in other languge like oracle developer and know i am trying to do so in C# windows application to let my team enter the information about the forms in the database and then the startup form will call these forms automatic Hosam Taji

This is off the top of my head and doesn't include any error checking. Assembly asm = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom ("myAssembly.dll"); Type t = asm.GetType ("MyNamespace.MyForm"); ConstructorInfo constructor = t.GetConstructor (new Type[] {}); MyNamespace.MyForm form = constructor.Invoke (null) as MyNamespace.MyForm; /ravi This is your brain on Celcius Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com