Re: Multiple Instances of Word

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From: Pete Bennett (PeteBennett_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:01:05 -0700

Graham,

That's not the issue in this case. I know that in some circumstances, Word
2000 (which is what I'm dealing with here) will open up new instances (you
can tell from the splash screen re-appearing and the "parent" icon in the
taskbar is slightly different.

This can happen when you try and open or print multiple attachments
containing documents from outlook, or if you manually start Word when there's
a dialog/messagebox already open.

The problems this eventuality causes is what I'm trying to research. People
opening up multiple documents isn't a worry at all (unless they open up
stupid numbers of them of course..!)

Thanks,

Pete.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:

> I think you will find it difficult to open multiple instances of recent Word
> versions (from 2000). If Word is running it merely opens a new document in
> its own window. It is not a new instance.
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> Pete Bennett wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I've always known that it's a particularly bad idea to allow users to
> > open up multiple instances of Word. The problem is that I'm not
> > really too sure why...
> >
> > Does anyone know of the major risks of what can happen? I can't seem
> > to find much about it from searching the web, but I do know that some
> > subtle problems can pop up....
> >
> > Any pointers would be useful as I've had to remove the check from my
> > global code and it's given me the shakes!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pete.
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