Hi Cetin,

You are amazing as always. Thanx

PS Any chance of me having your email address?

DR.G. (Neil)drgorin@mindspring.com

>>Hi Cetin,
>>
>>Thanx every so much once again. Please suggest a method for detecting the presence of word on a users computer. I bomb out if I attempt to create an object reference to word if word is not present.
>>
>>Neil
>>
>>>>Hi Cetin,
>>>>
>>>>I have one more question about your suggestions? You mentioned that you set a timer to monitor if printing is completed. What WORD property indicates if printing is completed or not?
>>>>
>>>>Thanx
>>>>Neil
>>>
>>>

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Hi Neil,
>I wasn't be able to connect for days.
>
>I check registry to see if class is registered or not :
>

*function _IsClassRegistered
>Lparameters tcClass
>#Define HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT    -2147483648
>#Define ERROR_SUCCESS		0	&& OK
>
>Declare Integer RegOpenKey IN Win32API ;
>    Integer nHKey, String @cSubKey, Integer @nResult
>
>Declare Integer RegCloseKey IN Win32API ;
>    Integer nHKey
>
>Local lnKey
>lnKey = 0
>llRetVal = ( RegOpenKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, tcClass, @lnKey) = ERROR_SUCCESS )
>If llRetVal
>    RegCloseKey(lnKey)
>Endif
>Return llRetVal

? _IsClassRegistered("word.application")
>Cetin