Microsoft KB Archive/237339

= WD97: Automating Word Creates an Additional Document =

Article ID: 237339

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q237339



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.



CAUSE
This happens only under the following circumstances:

The embedded document object is manipulated via automation. After automation, the document is opened via program code, not manually.



RESOLUTION
To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain and install the latest Microsoft Word 97 update from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/Wd97mcrs.aspx

IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install any other updates after Service Release 2.

For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265374 WD97: Post Service Release Fixes for Word 97



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem does not occur with Microsoft Word 2000.

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