As I said no metter what version you use this must works if you have MS Word installed. BUT you must add oWord property in the form, no metter how, in the designer with Go to Form menu choose add property and type oWord or programaticly with
thisform.AddProperty("oWord")

>hi,
>i use vfp8,
>i try the code as it is
>i get error message
>Property Oword is not found
>
>
>thanks.
>
>>The same way, there is no difference what version of VFP you use.
>>
>>>hi,
>>>how i do that via vfp8
>>>thanks.
>>>
>>>>>I need to create a Word or Excel document from VFP.
>>>>>I am trying to use "CreateNewDocument" but can't seam to get the proper writing
>>>>>
>>>>>Here is the code:
>>>>>
>>>>>*-*-*-*-*-*
>>>>>oWord = CREATEOBJECT( "word.application")
>>>>>lcDoc = "testword.doc"
>>>>>
>>>>>* I have tried
>>>>>oWord.CreateNewDocument("testword.doc", .T., .T.)
>>>>>* or
>>>>>oWord.CreateNewDocument(lcDoc, .T., .T.)
>>>>>
>>>>>*-*-*-*
>>>>>and quite a few different versions but I always get error messages.
>>>>>
>>>>>Can anyone tell me the proper way?
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>Raymond Larche
>>>>
>>>>Raymond,
>>>>Try this
>>>>

thisform.oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
>>>>
>>>>*****************
>>>>*** new document
>>>>*****************
>>>>thisform.oWord.Documents.Add()
>>>>thisform.oWord.ActiveDocument.SaveAs('new_doc_name')
>>>>****************
>>>>*** or
>>>>*** open old document
>>>>****************
>>>>thisform.oWord.Documents.Open('old_doc_name')