>>>>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?
>
>Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, no. The program goes into loop for each employee, creating .TXT output and then creating .DOC.

I just tried creating a loop that calls your code 10 times, and it runs flawlessly. I'm on WinXp with Word 2003 and VFP9.