OLE and Excel

I'm using PB 12.5 build 2511, Win7 professional, Excel 2010

I'm trying to capture a list of Excel files, and READ the data in each of the cells.

the programming is as follows:

for loopCounter = 1 to fileNameCount

     create nvo_ole               //create an nvo that has the Excel calls

     nvo_ole.io_ole = Create OleObject  

     io_ole.ConnectToNewObject( "Excel.Application")

     io_ole.ConnectToObject( path_and_file_name )          // pass in the path and file name

     // do some processing     // this part works as expected for the FIRST file

     nvo_ole.io_ole.DisconnectObject ( )

     destroy nvo_ole

next

when the loop tries to process the second file, the data is not correct.  it's ALWAYS the data from the first file.

I tried recreating and destroying the nvo object as a last resort.

Ideally, I would like to create the nvo once, "clear" the data in the object, connect the next file, and continue the processing.