>>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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* 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.

Does it make a difference if at the end, you use "oWord.ActiveDocument.Close(0)" rather than using wordbasic syntax?