Missing References
Late Binding

Is it possible to place the late binding code in a standard or better, global, mod so i do not have to refer to it every time i click a button.  The only place I can see so far that refers to Excel is importing and exporting excl when i shut down or when i download certain files

Tom  The actual library file is required in the user's computer whether your code uses late or early binding.  The reference dialog box shows that the library is inside the Excel.exe file itself (pictured below), so your users must have Excel on their PC.

Kevin is correct. If you are actually automating Excel - creating workbooks, formatting sheets, saving XLSX files, etc. - Excel itself has to be installed on that PC. The Excel Object Library is part of the Excel installation.

Late binding lets your Access database compile and run without a checked Excel reference. You can put the Excel automation routines in a standard module and call them from any button click, so you do not have to duplicate the code everywhere. However, late binding does not magically provide Excel on a machine where it is not installed.

If your "export to Excel" is just an Access export, such as DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet or DoCmd.OutputTo, you may not need Excel at all. Access can create an XLSX file directly. But if your code uses Excel.Application, Workbook, Worksheet, Range, or other Excel objects, then Excel needs to be installed, regardless of whether you use early or late binding.

Also, make sure no variables, function parameters, or return values are declared with Excel types if you switch to late binding. They need to be declared As Object instead.

Thank you, Kevin and Richard. I fixed the database to work as you suggested.  In additions I got to use Richard's "Ptr" examples so now it runs perfectly.  Thank you so very much!!