>In Word automation, I have issued DisplayAlerts=.F. However, when opening my file, if that file is already opened, Word fires a message:
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>'file' is locked for editing
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>How can I detect that with the Open command without having this to be displayed?
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>loWord=CREATE('Word.Application')
>loWord.DisplayAlerts=.F.
>loWord.Documents.Open(lcFile)
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Does reply to your other thread help? fopen()?