>>I've got an strange one here.
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>>If you create a new instance of Word and change its WindowState to 2 (Minimised) then set its Visibility to .T. the resulting instance of Word has no Menu bars?
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>>Does anyone know why this happens and if there is a way of turning the bars back on?
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>>Thanks in anticipation.
>
>You need to activate word application before changing/setting windowstate:
>"...Use the Activate method to activate a window prior to setting the window state..." (VBA for Word Help on "Windowstate property").
>The problem is that you can not activate invisible word application. But if it is visible, then you do not need to issue additional 'activate'.
>
>So why not to use this:
>oword=createobj....
>oword.visible=.t.
>oword.Windowstate=2
>....
Yuri,

That is exactly what I am using, but as I am making word visible then minimising it, it flashes on the screen, so I thought I could stop that by changing its state before I made it visible. But if I can't I can't.

Thanks again for the input.