Steven,

>In my app I start an instance of Adobe Acrobat with this line
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>avDocM = CreateObject("AcroExch.AVDoc")
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>I run this line when through
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>avDocM.Close(.T.)
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>However, the instance will not release unless I close my app. Any ideas?

Any application that has visible UI usually doesn't shut down if the UI is still visible even if you release the reference to the root object. IOW, you have to set Visible to .F. or call the Close() method on the document before releasing the reference.

+++ Rick ---