>Hi all,
>
>Few questions in my mind :
>
>1. 2 ways to connect to Words, using Word.Basic and Word.Application. The latter is using VB script right? So what are the pro and cons? How do I found the commands for both?
>
>2. I tried the command .FileOpen('xxx.doc') and if my file located in
>another directory say C:\test, the command .FileOpen('c:\test\xxx.doc') will give me error. Any alternate command?
>
>3. I have also tried .FileNew('xxx.doc') but it always give me error. Is it a valid command?
>
>Thanks


I'm using this all the time:
local oWord
oWord = getObject('', 'word.basic')
oWord.fileNew()

....
oWord.fileSaveAs("path & file name here", 9)

The '9' above saves it in a older Word format due to the fact we have both Office 97 and Office 4.2 here.

Robert