David- that is exactly what Word's BackGroundPrinting option does. This can be set with an OLE command before the print command, and reset afterwards.
>Mike,
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>I haven't tried this, If you use the PrintOut() method, you might be able to send .f. as the first argument. That should make the method not return until it's done printing.
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>>I am doing an OLE into MS Word and everything is is fine except
>>when I issue a FilePrint then I Quit Word. Word is not finished printing and will ask if you want to stop print job.
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>>Is there a way to detect if Word is done printing before I shut it down?
Erik Moore
Clientelligence