>Sorry if this isn't the right category - shows what I know <g>.
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>I want to do what the title says: no mail merge, no changing content.
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>I just want to print a word document (say a product spec sheet) from within VFP.
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>Would appreciate help in finding the right tech ref to explain how. I dug a bit, but my shovel is tired...
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>Thanks


Hi Dennis,

Below is some sample code for opening and then printing a Word document from VFP. I assume it would be wise to implement some error trapping to make sure Word exists, etc, but the basics of opening and printing the document are outlined below.

oWord=CREATE('Word.Application')
oWord.Documents.OPEN("C:\DOCFOLDER\DOCNAME.DOC")
oWord.ActiveDocument.PrintOut(0)
oWord.ActiveDocument.CLOSE(0)
oWord.QUIT(0)
RELEASE oWord

I would highly recommend Tamar Granor's book "Microsoft Office Automation with Visual FoxPro" published by Hentzenwerke Publishing.

HTH,