I have a bunch of word docs that get created and saved
automatically through vb/vba and word macros.  When the
process is done, my application sends a number of word
docs to the printer, then closes Word.  But, often I get a
message from Word telling me that if I quit now, I'll lose
my pending print jobs.

What I would like to do is query some property in Word
until it says "ok, there aren't any jobs being sent to the
printer".  Then I can gracefully close Word without fear
off getting this message.

If it matters, I'm using Word in the Office 97 bundle.

Any ideas?

Thanks much.

-jd

In the ActiveDocument.PrintOut method, set the parameter Background:=False.
Then control won't return to your macro until the print job completes.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word