>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).

* Convert .TXT to .DOC format
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.