I am accessing an excel spread sheet via a vb command button. I update one or more of the fields and then when data exchange is complete using the following function: to close excel
Problem is that Excel still stays active. I checked by doing an Ctl+Alt+Del and it is still in the tasks window. What am I forgetting to close.

[vbcode]
Function Close_applications()
xlApp.AlertBeforeOverwriting = False
xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.Save
'close app here
xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.Close
Clipboard.Clear
EMPLOYEEFOUND = False
xlApp.Quit
Set xlApp = Nothing
End Function
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