>>After some thought on the subject. I decided what I really need to do is open a word file in read/only mode so that users cannot change it. Ideally I would like to create a help file form the word file. The most important part is that they not be able to change it.
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>>Is that possible for vfp 9 and if so how.
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>>TIA
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>Yes.
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>Local loWord
>loWord = CREATEOBJECT("Word.Application")
>lcDocFile = GETFILE('doc')
>loWord.Documents.Open(m.lcDocFile,,.t.) && third parameter is read-only
>loWord.visible = .t.

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>From VBA Help:
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>expression.Open(FileName, ConfirmConversions, ReadOnly, AddToRecentFiles, PasswordDocument, PasswordTemplate, Revert, WritePasswordDocument, WritePasswordTemplate, Format, Encoding, Visible, OpenConflictDocument, OpenAndRepair , DocumentDirection, NoEncodingDialog)

However, Word's understanding is "read-only" is that you can't save back to the same file. You can still Save As a different file.

Tamar