FIX: Word 2000 Remains in Memory After Automation Client Shuts Down (250977)

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior by Using Automation to Binder

1. In the code window for Form1, add the following code:

   Private Sub Command1_Click()
       Dim oBdr As Object
       Dim oWdSec As Object
       Dim oRow As Object
       
    ' Create Binder App. If Binder is not installed,
    ' you'll get an error here...
       Set oBdr = CreateObject("Office.Binder")
       
    ' Make Binder visible...
       oBdr.Visible = True
   
    ' Add Doc1 as a new section to the binder...
       Set oWdSec = oBdr.Sections.Add(, "C:\Doc1.doc")
   
    ' Reference a row in the table
       Set oRow = oWdSec.Object.Tables(1).rows(1)
   
    ' Release the reference to the Row
       Set oRow = Nothing
   
   End Sub
   					

2. Press the F5 key to run the Visual Basic application.
3. Click the CommandButton to Automate Binder and insert the Word document. When the Word document is visible, highlight the table and press the SHIFT+DELETE key combination to delete it (or, from the Table menu, choose Delete, and then choose Table).
4. Shut down the Visual Basic application and close Binder. WINWORD.EXE stays in the task list even though the host application has shut down.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior by Using Web Browser Control

1. From the Project menu, select Components, add a reference to the Microsoft Internet Controls, and then click OK.
2. Select a WebBrowser control from the toolbox and add the control to Form1. Then, in the code window for Form1, add the following:

   Dim oDoc As Object
   
   Private Sub Command1_Click()
       'Navigate to a Word document 
       WebBrowser1.Navigate2 "c:\doc1.doc" 'Where doc1.doc has a table
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
       'Clean up the global object reference
       Set oDoc = Nothing
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub WebBrowser1_NavigateComplete2(ByVal pDisp As Object, _
     URL As Variant)
       On Error Resume Next
       Dim oRow As Object
   
       'Set a reference to a Row in the table
       Set oDoc = pDisp.Document
       Set oRow = oDoc.Tables(1).rows(1)
   
       'Release the Row reference
       Set oRow = Nothing
   End Sub
   					

3. Press F5 to run the Visual Basic application.
4. Click the CommandButton to load Doc1.doc into the WebBrowser control. When the Word document is visible, highlight the table and press SHIFT+DELETE to delete the entire table.
5. Shut down the Visual Basic application. WINWORD.EXE stays in the task list even though the host application has shut down. To avoid the problem, do not set a reference to a Row object for a Word table that is likely to be deleted. You can also avoid the problem by upgrading the client to Word 2000 Service Release 1.