>>Can we see part of the code? When I open a second instance of word using createobject(), open a file (Documents.Open(), save it (ActiveDocument.SaveAs(), close it (ActiveDocument.Close(0), and then oWord.quit(), everything about my instance is gone. The other instance doesn't know anything has happened.
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>The goal here is to create a .DOC from a .TXT output and retain the .TXT on the server to be archived (we don't want to literally convert the file).
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>FUNCTION ConvertDoc
>LPARAMETERS lcTxtFile
>
>#include "wdconst.h"
>#DEFINE wdAutoInchesToPoints 72
>
>LOCAL oWord as "word.application"
>oWord = CREATEOBJECT('Word.Application')
>
>lcFileDoc = LEFT(lcTxtFile,ATC('.txt',lcTxtFile)-1)+'.doc'
>IF FILE(lcFileDoc)
> ERASE (lcFileDoc)
>ENDIF
>IF file(lcTxtFile)
> * open text file
> oWord.WordBasic.FileOpen(lcTxtFile)
> oWord.Selection.TypeParagraph
> oWord.ActiveDocument.Select
> WITH oWord.Selection
> .Range.ListFormat.RemoveNumbers
> .Font.Name = "Courier New"
> .Font.Size = 8
> ENDWITH
> WITH oWord.ActiveDocument.PageSetup
> .LineNumbering.Active = .F.
> .Orientation = 1
> .BottomMargin = .3 * wdAutoInchesToPoints
> .TopMargin = .25 * wdAutoInchesToPoints
> .LeftMargin = 1.0 * wdAutoInchesToPoints
> .RightMargin = 1.0 * wdAutoInchesToPoints
> ENDWITH
> * save document into the doc file in the Word format with password
> With oWord.ActiveDocument
> .Protect(wdAllowOnlyReading,.F.,"xyz123xyz")
> .RemovePersonalInformation = .F.
> .RemoveDateAndTime = .F.
> .SaveAs(lcFileDoc,0)
> EndWith
> oWord.WordBasic.FileClose()
>ENDIF
>oWord.Quit
>RETURN
>I've experienced "This file is in use by another application or user. (C:\Documents and Settings\...\normal.dot)" Then it doesn't properly close the application.
Does it make a difference if at the end, you use "oWord.ActiveDocument.Close(0)" rather than using wordbasic syntax?