RE:Using host built-in to use forms to open a report in MS-Excel

Hello all!
i'm using Developer/2000 and trying to run a report in MS-Excel instead of run_product eg.
host('C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe');
This open excel but without the any records. What else do i need to add plz.
Thnx in advance.

so i tried this
host('C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe c:\vashrs\scr\fmb\mainpy.rep');
and indeed the excel spreadsheet opened but not formatted like a normal excel file ie. not elligible. I got stuff like
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþ\á(h
How can i make the report open like an excel file.
Thnx so much in advance.

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