WD98: Word Still Running After OLE Automation Session (183872)

SYMPTOMS

When you control Word from another program using OLE Automation, as in the following example

   Sub WordTask()
      Dim appWd As Object
      Set appWd = CreateObject("Word.Application")
      Set appWd = Nothing
   End Sub

Word will still be loaded in memory (even though the code uses the Set statement to set the object variable to "Nothing").

WORKAROUND

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   Sub WordTask()
      Dim appWd As Object
      Set appWd = CreateObject("Word.Application")
      ' Quit the Word session.
      appWd.Quit
      ' Set the Word OLE Object to nothing to free
      ' the appWd object memory.
      Set appWd = Nothing
   End Sub

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications