Hello Kevin.

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.

You may want to download my automation samples and white paper at http://www.tightlinecomputers.com/Downloads.htm. I think you may find it useful.