Re: Automate Word - File In Use

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Sorry - wrong group - ignore me.

"Steve Barnett" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I'm attempting to automate word to load a document. I have no problem
> if Word isn't loaded yet as creating a new Word.ApplicationClass() loads
> it for me. However, there will be times when Word is already loaded and I
> want to connect to that copy (and check whether the document is already
> loaded).
>
> When Word is already loaded, creating a new Word.ApplicationClass() loads
> another copy of Word and tries to load my document again. I then get an
> error message telling me the file is in use.
>
> I'm having some problems working out how to get the ApplicationClass if an
> already running copy of Word... anyone know how I do that?
>
> Thanks
> Steve
>
>
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