Hi George,
Trying to use is_run32()

pctitle='Microsoft Word'
runCheck=is_run32(pctitle)
If runCheck=0
oword=createobject("word.application")
Endif
oword.documents.open(thetemplate)
oword.visible=.t.

I have the function in several places, but it appears to open Word Each time. When I view the Task list (Ctrl,Alt,Del), 'Winword' is listed several times. Not sure what's going on. Can you help?