1. You may want to update to service pack 3
2. Try setting _VFP.AutoYield = .F. and =SYS(2333,0) first and then try your code

>Hi there,
>
>Has anyone linked VFP5 to WordPerfect 8?
>
>I have an application that talks to Word quite happily and I was starting to set it up with WordPerfect however as soon as I do anything after the CreateObject Visual FoxPro 5.0a crashes. Even the simplest code falls over eg
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> local WP
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> WP = CreateObject("WordPerfect.PerfectScript")
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> WP.Type ("Hello There")
> WP.Quit
> WP = ""
>
>This works fine in Visual Basic what am I missing?
>
>TIA
>Jeremy