How to prevent Excel from popping up when opening using ActiveX

[ebohannon]

Hello,

So I am using ActiveX to open some Excel files, read some data, and then close them. My problem I have is that anytime an Excel workbook is opened up, it will momentarily pop up and then quickly vanish once it reads my property node that has visible set to false. Is there a way to get it to not pop up at all? 

[zou]

Have you tried set visibility first, then open file?

[ebohannon]

Yes and if you set that first, the file will pop up and stay open.

[zou]

Try attached VI.