>>How do you print a MS Word document from within VFP? I want to put a button on a form and when they press it, a MS Word document prints.
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>The solution that Ed gave you may work, but the problem is that MS Word does not close the document if it is printing, and the user dialog may appear.
>So, you need to check whether the printing is finished, and only then close the document. See Message #963992 of how to do it.
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>Anyway, I do not think that you need word automation for this. This should work as well:
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>	DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute ;
>			    IN SHELL32.DLL ;
>			    INTEGER nWinHandle,;
>			    STRING cOperation,;
>			    STRING cFileName,;
>			    STRING cParameters,;
>			    STRING cDirectory,;
>			    INTEGER nShowWindow
>
>? ShellExecute(0,"print",fullpath("yourwordfile.doc"),"","",0)
>clear dlls
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I tried it. My code does not bring dialog, while your code flashes Word screen.