Run the automation with Word visible for some time. I'm pretty sure that when you say that it hangs, Word is waiting for some form of confirmation.

>Hi!!!,
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>I want to use MS Word from my VFP app, in order to keep a record of a doctor's patient visits.
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>Any ideas?.
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>I try to use:
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>loWord = CREATEOBJECTt("Word.Application")
>loWord.Documents.Add()
>loRange = loWord.ActiveDocument.Range()
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>Select ficha (My View)
>Go top
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>Scan
> loRange.InsertAfter(ficha.otrospadec + ' ')
>Endscan
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>loWord.ActiveDocument.SaveAs("C:\clinica\Prueba.docx")
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>loWord.Documents.OPEN("C:\clinica\Prueba.docx",.F.,.F.)
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>Release loRange, loWord
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>Sometimes it works ok, some other times it hangs and leaves a copy of MS Word running, and, ... well, you get the idea.
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>Any support will be great.
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>Happy Holidays !!!.
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>Thanks.