WD97: Automating Word Creates an Additional Document (237339)

SYMPTOMS

When a Word document object embedded in another file--for example, a Microsoft Excel workbook--is first manipulated via automation and then opened for editing in a separate Word window, an additional "phantom document" appears, called Documentx (where x corresponds to the number Word gives to the next newly created document; for example, Document1 or Document8).

This problem can manifest itself in several ways:

Scenario A

The extra document appears at the first run of the program that automates and then opens the object. The extra document is listed in the document window list in Word. When you try to close the extra document by clicking on the X button in the upper right corner of the document window, the object document is closed instead.

Scenario B

The extra document appears at the first run of the program code that automates and then opens the object. The extra document is not listed in the document window list. When you try to close the extra document by clicking on the X button in the document window's upper right corner, Word hangs and can only be closed using Task Manager.

Scenario C

The extra document does not appear at the first run of the program code that automates and then opens the object. From the second run of the macro on, the extra document appears and is listed in the Window list. When you try to close the extra document by clicking on the X button in the upper right corner of the document window, the object document is closed instead.

Scenario D

The extra document does not appear at the first run of the program code that automates and then opens the object. From the second run of the macro on, the extra document appears and is not listed in the Window list. When you try to close the extra document, Word crashes with a Page Fault.