>I am working with office automation. I am trying to pull up a document for word. The data source is linked in the document. It opens fine, does the merge fine, etc. The only thing is when I open it, I get a read only/file in use dialog for the document and then for the data source itself. It is almost like VFP actually uses it before it pulls it up and then will see it as already being in use by yourself. The other problem I am having is after the merge document is created, I would like to keep that avalible with the ability to change, save it, etc., but I want to close the actual form document (showing merge fields, etc.) itself and only show the result (merged document). I have the Microsoft Office Automation for Visual Foxpro book, but I can't seem to find the syntax for closing the form document and leaving the merged document up. Does anyone know what the command is? Can someone help me get rid of the readonly/fileinuse boxes on open?

Kevin,
Use a template file (.Documents.Add(lcTemplate) vs .Documents.Open(lcDoc)). Cetin