Hi Andrew,

Thats just what the doctor ordered. Thank you ever so much
Neil

>Neil,
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>Rick Strahl published a function IsCOMObject() in FPA last year. It checks in the registry for an entry for the COM Server.
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>Cheers,
>
>Andrew
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>>Hi fellow UTers
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>>I installed an app at a client site. The app uses automation to gain access to WORD and OUTLOOK. The client did not have WORD installed. I issued oWordDocument=createobject("word.application") in a method and hit the wall. How do you check for the presence of the server before trying to create the object.
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>>Thanx
>>Neil