> > >I am trying to find a way to put a word OLE object onto a form. I only > want to be able to view it, but I would like to be able to scroll through > it w/out allowing editing of the file. Printing might be nice as well. > > > >This object will be displayed along side of a grid w/ a list of available > word documents. each row when activated should open the next file. > > > >I think I can get the object displayed on the screen properly, however I'm > not sure how to allow scrolling thru the document w/out allowing editing > (that's a separate function that not everyone will be able to access from > the program) > > > >Anyone been able to do such a thing? > > A very simple way to do is make the word files readonly/protected which > will itself stop the editing & you can just scroll it. > > By making it readonly, infact you can change the attribute of file from > foxpro itself, if later on you want to give editing facility also. Try to download WORDVU.EXE - it's a viewer for word's documents. It's at microsoft's mslfiles directory. hth Dezider --