[Update]
I figured it out

oDoc= .documents.OPEN(cfname,.F.,.T.,.F.)

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I can open pdfs in word using aotomation
but this dialog comes up and i don't know how to suppress it.
all I need is to get the content into a memo field i dont need to save or edit the document

x1= "P:\Executive1\SPEECHES - REMARKS\Press Release - GO Bond Sale  10-4-12.pdf"

*SET STEP ON 


LOCAL o as word.application
oWord=CREATEOBJECT("Word.Application")
oWord.visible = .t.
oWord.DisplayAlerts = .T.

oDoc=oWord.Documents.Open(x1)