automating word 2000

[Paul Boddie]

"dsavitsk" <dsavitsk at e-coli.net> wrote in message news:<2Kbf7.769$5N2.215075 at news1.iquest.net>...
> i have an application that generates MS Word documents.  the generating part
> works fine.  the trouble is that often while one document is being written a
> second one will be started.  when this happens, the second document becomes
> the default, both automating processes only write to the default one making
> for a big mess (one document with stuff in it from two controlling
> programs).

I have heard that Word's automation interface (or whatever you want to
call it) won't permit the isolation you require, at least for Word 97.
So, perhaps a queuing system is the order of the day for what you are
trying to achieve.

Paul