>I'm having difficulties in determining which version of Word is installed on a user's machine (Word 6, 95 or 97) - I have to find out BEFORE trying getObject() as the method of launching Word and establishing an object varies with each version (lucky me).
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>I have tracked down some registry entries which appear to indicate the version:
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>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document\CurVer
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>and
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>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WordDocument\CurVer
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>which give (in both) Word.Document.6 and Word.Document.8 for the different versions.
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>This is on W95 with no multilple users.
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>Question: do these keys exist (in the same place) on W95 systems with multiple users and do they exist in NT?
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>Any help or pointers appreciated.

Check the mailmerge.vcx of VFP 6 ffc. ( also for Word Mac )