I was actually looking for something where I could put the contents of the word document in an object like an input box or something like that. I didn't want to do a seperate window type thing like a print preview would do.


>You could use word automation :
>- set appropriate Word Menu options to disabled, like:
> oword.CommandBars("Menu Bar").Enabled = .f.
>- open the document in preview mode:
> oWord.ActiveDocument.printpreview()
>- wait while "preview"$LOWER(oWOrd.ActiveWindow.Caption)
>......
>- set Menu options back
>oword.CommandBars("Menu Bar").Enabled = .t.
>
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>>I have done some office automation with VFP. All is well with it. I worked some mail merge fields from tables into word documents.
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>>Now I am looking at simply displaying the document's template on the screen so they can see a sample of the text within the letter when they choose what type of form letter they would like to select. Is there an active X control or anything else which would display this as a read only object on the screen?