I tested it too and it works fine for me on W2k with Word2000 if the document exists. If the document does not exist, I get an OLE error.
Tracy
>Alan,
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>Not a dumb question at all! The weird thing is that on the network in question:
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>3 PCs running Win 98 work perfectly 100% opening the correct document
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>3 PCs running Win 2K fail 100% opening the correct document
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>Each PC has its own c:\ipletters directory with the correct Word files (checked many times).
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>Any ideas? Could it be a network card problem?
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