>>>I have a requirement to completely shutdown Word from VFP but sometimes, it
>>>hasn't finished printing. I would like to detect this sort of activity
>>>before I issue "oWord.Application.Quit()".
>>
>>If you are using oWord.PrintOut() then you should pass in .F. as the first
>>parameter - disable BackGround printing, which is probably enabled by
>>default. Control will not return to VFP until printing is finished.
>
>I dislike that answer so much I wrote a KB with an alternative. :-) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q241/9/42.asp

Garrett:
I liked your alternative (voted in the KB and added a link in the Wiki).

KB-related question: Will the VFP KB articles be reviewed to add: "Applies to VFP7" ?