Here is another one for you. A program that I wrote. Runs from inside layout. Reads the first open excel file it finds. Looks for refdes, x, y, rotation values. Will not flip sides or move a glued part. Was written a while back for pads 2007 and when excel extension was xls, but have also used it with Pads VX.1.1 and Excel 2010 and it still works. Have had it fail when multiple excel files were open and one I wanted was not in list.
William