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Martin,
This is exactly my problem.

You can overcome the "This action cannot be completed....." error by adding the line
App.OleRequestPendingTimeout = 999999 on front of the GetObject...

Martin,

Re post #8 please find sample project & form attached.

I have had a little play around over the past couple of days and I beleive the issue is to do wiht the use of the CreateObject...

Good call RobDog - will do!

Martin,

Re post #4 thanks for the offer.

I have had a play with your original code and also looked at Robdog's version. I can get neither to work as I want, so have resorted to an amalgam of...

TysonLPrice,

Thanks for the tip but no joy. Changed the registry key as per the Microsoft Support article (and rebooted!), but no change :-(

Martin,

Thanks for the prompt response - I may be being dense (sorry!) but the link for Robdog's code doesn't appear to take me anywhere! Can you advise where I can see his code to try it? :o
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I have posted a reply to a previous thread but as the last entry to the thread is pretty old I am not sure if it is still active, so have posted a new thread too. Apologies if this is not the...

I am new to this forum and this is my first post. Not sure if this thread is still active but am seeking advice as a newbie!

I have applied Martin's code (its excellent!) to my application (VB6,...

Sorry all - if I had read the complete thread I could have answered my own question!

As a new comer to this forum, I am posting my first item!

Grateful thanks to Martin Liss for his posting on using Word spell checker within a VB application. I have adapted his code (see...