Hi Stephen.

I can't use FindWindow to reliably tell if Word is already open. If it is, I would prefer to open multiple documents within the same Word instance (some users are running Office2000 and some OfficeXP).

Is there a way to determine if the WINWORD process is running from within VFP?

As Andy says, you can use GETOBJECT() to open multiple documents in the same instance of Word. However, if Word is not running, this will cause an error. So you really need code like this:

*** Use GetObject to grab a reference to an existing
*** instance of the server or create one if there is none
TRY
   oWord = GETOBJECT( , 'Word.Application' )
CATCH TO oErr
   IF oErr.ErrorNo = 1426
      oWord = CREATEOBJECT('Word.Application')
   ELSE
      THROW oErr
   ENDIF
ENDTRY