Anthony

1) not really
2) it's not an error. It's just that the code is too quick and is trying to
close Word before it has finished preparing and printing the document. You
could probably get away with putting a short pause in using OnTime

Regards

Trevor


"Anthony" wrote in message
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Hi all,
I have this code which was very kindly posted in respone to a previous
question.
Basicaly I wanted a macro to print a 'word' documnet straight from excel.

Sub LP_Tags()

'Dim WDApp As Word.Application
'Dim WDDoc As Word.Document
Dim WDApp As Object
Dim WDDoc As Object
Dim myDocName As String
Dim WordWasRunning As Boolean
Dim testStr As String

myDocName = "s:\lost property master sheets\sheet3.doc"

testStr = ""
On Error Resume Next
testStr = Dir(myDocName)
On Error GoTo 0
If testStr = "" Then
MsgBox "Word file not found!"
Exit Sub
End If

WordWasRunning = True
On Error Resume Next
Set WDApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If Err.Number < 0 Then
Set WDApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
WordWasRunning = False
End If

WDApp.Visible = True 'at least for testing!

Set WDDoc = WDApp.documents.Open(Filename:=myDocName)
WDDoc.PrintOut '.printPreview while testing???
WDDoc.Close savechanges:=False

If WordWasRunning Then
'leave it running
Else
WDApp.Quit
End If

Set WDDoc = Nothing
Set WDApp = Nothing

End Sub



I have two questions
1) Can this code be any simpler or shorter ??
2) when I use this code to produce the macro the word document is opened,
but before it prints I get this error
"Word is currently Printing.Quitting will cancle all pending jobs.Do you
want to quit ? yes/no"

if I select no then the documnet is printed. Why is this happening? is
there
an error in the code??

Thanks for your help

Anthony