Oh Neil,
I will look into it later but as a quick reply I have :
.Activate

Just before "endwith". It makes the word window active one (not only visible but active too) so foregroundwindow handle belongs to word. Maybe just adding it would cure your problem.
Cetin

>Hi Cetin,
>
>You are always there when I need you. Thanx again. You are very close. I was able to place vfp code after your stuff which did not cause Word to minimize. That is a good thing. However, when I exited Word, vfp would not repsond to mouse clicks. In fact, the mouse pointer assumed the hourglass configuration and I had to ctrl-alt-del to ger out of vfp. Please review your code and advise me.
>
>P.S. Also try this. Populate the form's de with a table. Upon returning from Word please make certian you can still acess the table in vfp code ie: try to replace cname with "Neil".
>
>>>Hi Out there,
>>>
>>>I use Word97 as an automation server by coding the following in the click event of a command button.
>>>
>>>oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
>>>with oWord
>>> .Windowstate=0 &&
>>> .visible = .t.
>>> .document(add)
>>>endwith
>>>
>>>
>>>Word opens, a new dociment is dosplayed and Word remains open and in WINDOWSTATE=0 until I hit the close button. That is the functionality I want. However, if I place the simplest command after the endwith line, ie: messagebox('HI'), Word minimizes and that line of code executes. I don't want that line of code to execute until I close Word.
>>>
>>>How do you do it?
>>>
>>>Thanx Neil
>>>dadigidoc@aol.com
>>
>>

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Hi Neil,
>>

If type("gHwndWord") = "U"
>>  Public gHwndWord
>>Endif
>>
>>Declare integer GetForegroundWindow in WIN32API
>>Declare short IsWindow in WIN32API integer
>>
>>********************
>>* Create word object
>>********************
>>If type("oWordDocument") = "O" ;
>>    and type("gHwndWord") = "N" ;
>>    and IsWindow(gHwndWord) # 0 && Check if word window is alive
>>  oWordDocument=getobject(, "Word.application")	&& get instance
>>Else
>>  oWordDocument=createobject("word.application") && Create word object
>>Endif
>>********************
>>* Create word object
>>********************
>>
>>With oWordDocument
>>*...
>>Endwith
>>
>>gHwndWord = GetForegroundWindow() && Save word window handle
>>Do while IsWindow(gHwndWord) # 0  && Wait while Word is alive
>>Enddo
>>Clear dlls
>>oWordDocument=.Null.

Cetin