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>>Don't think this will work. When VFP shuts down all objects are released and word will shut down. Think to get this behavior you must do the RUN command.
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>Thats is what it seems should work but when I run this code and exit VFP, the Word that was started stays out there.
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If you want to make sure everything is shut down when vfp quits create cod e for the on shutdown command that closes any open ole applications before quitting.