CreateObject starts but what ends???

[Mr_Ed]

I have a vb program that opens a word.basic file and puts in a lot of formatted information. What I would like to do, is allow vb to END and let the user close word when they are finished printing or editing or whatever. OR---in my vb code, know when the user has closed word, then let me close vb.

[Doc Scheinder]

After you are finish with the object. set it to nothing.

[Gary Juleff]

Set object = nothing

[Mr_Ed]

I don't think my problem is clear....

The user controls when Word is done. My vb program cannot close word. I want to close my VB program and leave word running.

[Doc Scheinder]

Simply place:

Unload Me

After your last line of the coding that activates Word

[Mr_Ed]

Sorry Doc, but Unload ME stops word as well.

My last lines of code are:

MyWord.FilePrintPreview
Unload me
end sub

[r0ach]

Try using shell to open word, instead of instantiating it. I haven't tried it yet, though

[hdvb]

I don't know if you put things in the Word document interactively from VB. If not, why not use ShellExecute to lauch Word with the right file?

Greets,

[Mr_Ed]

In my application, I am reading a text file and selectively putting information into the word document from VB, so SHELL won't work for me.

[hdvb]

How about first using Word through CreateObject.
Modify the document with your data from the text file
and then save it. This all can be done without Word being
visible, so the user can not interupt this process. After
saving the file, close Word (the CreateObject version) and
use ShellExecute to launch Word/the file so it will exist
after your application is closed.

Hope this helps you.

Greetings,

[xmin]

I wrote the following in my vb application to test whether the user has closed an application (Word, Excel, Pbrush, etc.). It has worked well so far. I hope it may help.(Reply to the latter part of your post.)

Put it in a module. (I copied it directly from my app.)

Code:
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Private Declare Function GetWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal _
hwnd As Long, ByVal wCmd As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () _
As Long

Private Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias _
"GetWindowTextA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString _
As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long

Private Const GW_HWNDFIRST = 0
Private Const GW_HWNDLAST = 1
Private Const GW_HWNDNEXT = 2
Private Const GW_HWNDPREV = 3
Private Const GW_OWNER = 4
Private Const GW_CHILD = 5

Public Function CheckApp(ByVal AppCaption As String) As Long
'
'--------------------------------------------------------------
' Check whether an application has been closed.
' Return:0 = Not Closed; 1 = Closed
¡® It¡¯s better to use the VB keyword Like in the IF statement.
¡® AppCaption is the first few characters of the name of a window, whether shown or hidden.
'--------------------------------------------------------------
Dim lngHwnd As Long
Dim strWinText As String
Dim lngCch As Long
Dim lngReturn As Long

lngHwnd = GetDesktopWindow()
lngHwnd = GetWindow(lngHwnd, GW_CHILD)
Do
lngCch = 255
strWinText = String(255, 0)
lngReturn = GetWindowText(lngHwnd, strWinText, lngCch)
strWinText = Left(strWinText, lngReturn)
If Left(strWinText, Len(AppCaption)) = AppCaption Then
CheckApp = 0
Exit Do
End If
CheckApp = 1
lngHwnd = GetWindow(lngHwnd, GW_HWNDNEXT)
Loop Until lngHwnd = 0

End Function

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Visual Basic Professional 6.0

[Mr_Ed]

Sorry for the slow response, but I was out of the office. Got this information from XMIN and put it into my program and it is working great. Thanks for all of the help!! Mr_Ed