https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Excel/m-p/58228#M12105 i am trying to make my own excel object for my requirements. I copied all the global code and imported all the references as the excel vbo. I am getting no error while compiling but when I run I get this error - " The given key was not present in the dictionary". What does it mean? Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:11:00 GMT ravitejat 2017-02-02T15:11:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Excel/m-p/58228#M12105 i am trying to make my own excel object for my requirements. I copied all the global code and imported all the references as the excel vbo. I am getting no error while compiling but when I run I get this error - " The given key was not present in the dictionary". What does it mean? Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:11:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Excel/m-p/58228#M12105 ravitejat 2017-02-02T15:11:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Excel/m-p/58229#M12106 I think you are creating an instance with the common object and then trying to use that instance in a different coppied component. The objects are different and so are the instances when created if I am not mistaken. Wed, 08 Feb 2017 04:27:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Excel/m-p/58229#M12106 Juan_EstebanLóp 2017-02-08T04:27:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Excel/m-p/58230#M12107 What worked for me was using GetObject(,""Excel.Application"") in the code stages that i created in my more specific application to get the excel instance created by the MS Excel VBO. To add a key to the instance obtained, using the copied global code, the local code would look something like this (assuming you launched the application via MS Excel VBO already and only 1 instance is running): Dim app As Object app = GetObject(,""Excel.Application"") 'If you have a data item to store a handle in: 'Optional: handle = GetHandle(app) There are many other ways to achieve the above. That way you can also include other actions from the general VBO with a bit of diving into and understanding the code behind. Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:29:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Excel/m-p/58230#M12107 MarkusKrahn 2017-02-16T16:29:00Z