Cetin,

you certainly illuminated the problem!!

Trying the add actually did create a connection object that returned the name (Document1).

That means the oDocument.GetObject("C;\My Documents\I247a.doc") is not really working as it should although it does return an object.

Tried oWord.Documents.open("C:\My Documents\I247a.doc") also and that doesn't work. So I'm stuck with a loading issue. Changed directories to avoid blank spaces (put it in a directory called "Downloads" and still no go. Can work on the document in word and save and everything but not load via automation. Wish you had a solution for that!!

Thanks,

Steve