>>Does Word have the ability to open a document readonly?
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>>What would the command be?
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>>oWord.documents.add(lcMyFile). . . .
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>oWord.Documents.Open(lcMyFile,,.T.) would open it read only. Note that will only prevent you saving the document under it's current name, not stopping a "Save as" to another name.

Good enough.
Thanks Fred