Hi, I'm getting "Selected collating sequence not supported by the operating system" error when reading xls file using: ConImp = New OleDb.OleDbConnection("provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; " & "data source=" & LoadLocation & "; " & "Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;") The problem is I'm fairly sure the xls file and OS are both using English language, so how can I make sure this is the case for the xls file? Thanks Jim