>Unfortunately, I don't have the book you mentioned. We have the VFP that comes in Visual Studio, and that either didn't come with manuals, or they were lost before I started working here. I'm leaning more towards the first because of the size of the box and because they keep _everything_ here.
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>I saw some of the examples using Word and that, but it was way beyond me. Hopefully the MapBasic manuals will have more info. I'll find out when I get down there Monday.
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>Thanks,

Michelle, the VFP online documentation has all the materials that used to be in hard copy. You can search for the OLE examples quite easily.

If you want to get more familiar with using OLE automation, try creating a macro using the VBA macro recorder in any MS Office product. It will generate code based on the menu selections, typing, etc. that you recorded. I found it useful when I wanted to learn automation. Take a look at any of the OLE automation object models as well. You can use the VBA object browser to do this.

Hope this helps.