>>can I open a worddoc so it is in a modal window?
>>so my program waits until word gets closed??
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>>Thanks
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>>peter
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>You can just initiate Word from VFP modal form and disallow its closing until Word is closed by, for example, checking if WordApplication object is still an object.

cool. That might work
I'll try it
[UPDATE]
the following does not work:

Local oWord as word.application , cDoc as Character 
cDoc= ADDBS(SYS(5)+SYS(2003))+ALLTRIM(thisform.business.data.fpath)
oWord=Createobject("word.application")	&& Create word object
oWord.documents.Open(cDoc)
oWord.Visible=.t.
SET ESCAPE ON 
DO WHILE VARTYPE(oWord)="O"
	_vfp.Visible=.F.
	ON ESCAPE exit 
	WAIT WINDOW TIMEOUT  2 VARTYPE(oWord)
ENDDO 
_vfp.Visible=.t.

the type of oWord does not change after I exit word


Peter