>Thanks George,
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>I've "registered" with VFUG.org and will check out the news letter.
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>My situation here is that I'm working with some old code where Word macros using DDE commands are used to establish connection between VFP and Word. He terminates the connect but I don't know how to ".application.quit" since I don't have an a Word object open. Have a nice day.
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>Regards,
>
Paige,

Have you tried sending "Application.Quit"?