Hi i am doing project in asp.net using vb

i want to show the output in excel format.
after closing the excel application also
i can see the EXCEL.EXE in my taskmanager means in PRocesses tab i can see the
EXCEL.EXE. how to close this EXCEL>EXE from memory.If i run my code 10 times 10 EXCEL.EXE are shoing in taskmanager.

my code like this

     Dim excel As New Excel.Application
        excel.Application.Workbooks.Add(True)
        lcdgrd.Visible = True
        Dim table1 As System.Data.DataTable
        table1 = GetData()
        Dim col As DataColumn
        Dim colIndex As Integer
        Dim rowIndex As Integer
        rowIndex = 1
        For Each col In table1.Columns
            colIndex += 1
            excel.Cells(rowIndex, colIndex) = col.ColumnName
        Next col
        Dim row As DataRow
        For Each row In table1.Rows
            rowIndex += 1
            colIndex = 0

            For Each col In table1.Columns
                colIndex += 1
                excel.Cells(rowIndex, colIndex) = row(col.ColumnName).ToString()
            Next col
        Next row
        excel.Application.Visible = True
        excel = Nothing


pl advice me. thanks
sr

Have You solved your peoblem. Because i am facing the same problem right now. Can you help me with this?

did u try excel.Dispose()

To close the running excel you probably have to issue excel.Application.close at some point