problem permission denied

[fry]

hello ,

Sorry i repost in english my message for more comprehension ;-)
Sorry too for my english and hello from France.

i work with word 97 from an vb6 application.

I open an session word

i open a document (word.doc) and i make a merge with (merge.txt) with no
problem.

i save my document.
i close my document.

if i try to kill my merge file (merge.txt) to construct another from vb6 i
have an error (permission denied error 70)

my window word is empty.

if i close the window word i can kill my merge file.
So it seem that word doesn't free somme file ......

Any idea ?

thank's for help

this problem is on office 97 (sr1) office XP under windows XP pro and on
server 2000.

all of my product have the last update.

 

[RWN]

Not an expert, and don't use vb6, but;
When you close the doc you are closing out the merged file only.
The Main document is still open and, because it has the link to the
merge data file, you'll get a "Permission Denied" error if you try and
kill the data file (the file is in use as far as the system is
concerned)