Can the user write to that drive/path? For kicks, have them try to save a notepad file into the same folder.

>I don't know if the problem is attributable to the fact that the client is running word 2002 on win98, but my code opens a word ole object and immediately adds a blank document and saves it to a temp directory. The document is made up of "lttr" + user id + '.doc'. In this case the user id is "CR", so the save overall resolves to "N:\temp\lltrcr.doc". I've not had a problem with this before, but in the case of this client, on the line that tells word to save:
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oWord.WordBasic.FileSaveAs(m.l_tempdoc)

>where l_tempdoc is the above path and file name, he is getting an ole error 0 that says that Word can't save the file because it is open elsewhere.
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>This is code from long ago, and I'd write it a bit differently today (using a document object), but...
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>He even gets this after a reboot. The file is not in use anywhere else - I've had it checked by their IT guy (they're on a novell network - I'm not sure of the version number, but it's recent).
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>Has anyone else ever run into this? Is is likely due to running Word 2002 on Win98? He seems to have no other problems running that combination - only in this case under our app.
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>Any suggestions as to where to look would be appreciated.
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>If not, I'll try changing the code to use document objects and see if it makes a difference, but since other clients don't seem to have an issue with this, I hesitate to fix what ain't broken.
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>Thanks
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>Alan