Word

I have created a word object with a reference .. oWd

what is the syntax to open a word document.

oWd. ???????????????

search this forum for "Word automation" or "automate Word", this sort of thing is asked all the time - you'll get lots of useful tips for this and everything else you'll need to do with it once you have it open.

oWd.Documents.Open "Document Path"

heres a good tip

open up word, and record a macro of whatever you wanna do, then edit teh macro and youve pretty much got all the code you need in Vb right in front of you :)

Ok .. I have it all except one thing ..

comes up with a do you want to save changes...

how can I skip the conversation and just close the sucker as I am not making changes, I am only printing.

when you close Word (or just a document) you can pass a "save the changes" parameter, just set it to false, eg:

oWord.Close SaveChanges := False

thanks all...

use one of these depending on what you want

VB Code:

ActiveDocument.Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
    ActiveDocument.Close wdPromptToSaveChanges
    ActiveDocument.Close wdSaveChanges