To create a WordPerfect object use (wordPerfect9):

CREATEOBJECT("WordPerfect.PerfectScript.9")

For WordPerfect8 try
CREATEOBJECT("WordPerfect.PerfectScript.8")

I found WordPerfect8 to be very uncooperative so I went to 9. Using the VB editor in Wordperfect9 I figured out the commands to use for the Automation.

>How can I open a WordPerfect document using Ole in order to grab the first line of text from within the document.
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>I can do this with a Word document.
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>1st I tried doing OLE on WordPerfect and it did not work well at all. There are big difference between Word and WordPerfect 8.
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>2nd I tried opening the WordPerfect document using Word. Word will open the document but I can't get this to happen via OLE, it only works interactively.
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>I need to be able to have word do this via OLE Automation.
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>Can anyone help???