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

AFAIK we don't need Close at all.