>Hi all,
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>Doing some Word automation: example on pg 94 in MSFT Office Automation with VFP says there are 2 ways to merge cells in a table. I got the first one working with this code:
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>* see Pg 94 in MS Office Automation for merging; will use the method getting a reference to the first
>* cell, then the 3rd cell and then invoking .Merge() passing the second cell to merge with
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>STORE loRow.Cells(1) TO loCell_1
>STORE loRow.Cells(3) TO loCell_3
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>* merge the cells
>loCell_1.Merge(loCell_3)
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>but could not get the "2nd method" to work i.e. I did not know how to create an object reference to a range of cells (e.g. cells 1 to 3 above). This was the code that was in the book but it did not explain how to get "oCells"
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>oCells.Merge()
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>Thanks,
>Albert

Second method is suitable when, say, cells are selected, or you want to merge all cells in the table:

oWord.Selection.Cells.Merge()    && preselected cells
*or
with oWord.ActiveDocument
    .Range(.Tables(1).Cell(1,2).Range.Start, .Tables(1).Cell(1,3).Range.End).Cells.merge
endwith
*or
oWord.Activedocument.Table(2).Cells.Merge()

Other than that, be carefull introducing object references to the pieces of the document. In most cases you can do it with single oWord object reference, like:

with oWord.ActiveDocument.Tables(2).Range
       .Cells(1).Merge(.Cells(3))
endwith

Otherwise if you do not want Office applications remain sitting hidden after you close your application, then you need to release all objects properly, and in the proper sequence from child to parent.

Good Luck