So recently I'm doing some Excel again, and calling an applet via XLM macro EXEC() which is non-blocking. I discover I can make it block by following it with PAUSE() and having the applet send Excel an Evaluate command to resume the macro. Trouble is, RESUME() doesn't work in Excel X; it's supposed to do the same thing as hitting the corresponding toolbar button, but it doesn't (neither from AS nor from the macro sheet itself; Excel acts like nothing's paused). I'd say it's a bug in v.X. Can anyone with version 2004 and/or 2008 say whether the v.X bug is fixed in either of those versions of Excel? thanks, -boo