>Where in sequence of the above would be the best place to insert this?

Hi William,

I would add it right after instantiating word (between line 1 and 2 in your example).

Alex


>>>oWord=CREATE("Word.Application")
>>>oDoc=oWord.Documents.Open("c:\my documents\test.doc")
>>>oDoc.Printout()
>>>oWord.Quit(0)
>>>
>>>I had to "*" out the "oWord.Quit(0)" to get it to actually print.
>>>
>>>Howcome?
>
>>You have to add the following so that word doesn't quit before printing:
>>
>>oWord.Options.PrintBackGround = .F. && don't close word until done printing
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