My problem:
I have a running Word (document), i.e. one instance of winword.exe. Now
the following VBS Script within WSH should allow me to do some event
handling:

SUB WordEventDocumentChange()
   CALL MsgBox ("Event fired")
END SUB

SET MyApp = WScript.GetObject("","Word.Application","WordEvent")

DO WHILE TRUE
   WScript.Sleep (1000)
LOOP

When I execute the Script the running Word (object) isn't selected but
an addtional instance of winword.exe is started (TaskMgr). Also Clicking

in the original running word window doesn't fire the MsgBox. So it seems

that the WScript.GetObject Method can't reuse the running application
but always starts a new instance.
(If I WScript.CreateObject a new instance with an Event Prefix, the
event fires.)

Any hints?
Thansk, Gnther

Technet Script Center
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.asp

It is documented that it should work any way. But omitting the first
parameter issues an error, it is not allowed. Is that a BUG? Or anything
omitted in the GetObject Method documentation?

Thanks!
Gnther

"Michael Harris (MVP)" schrieb:

"... The GetObject method always returns the same instance when called with
the zero-length string syntax (""), and it causes an error if you do not
supply the path parameter. ...".

Earlier versions of the docs were cloned from the original VB/VBA/VBScript
documentation.  The same is true for the JScript GetObject() docs.  It could
never work in JScript since JScript can't omit optional arguments anyway.
The JScript docs are still not 100% correct, implying at one point that the
argument can be omitted but later includes the same statement as quoted
above.

--
Michael Harris
Microsoft.MVP.Scripting
Seattle WA US

Technet Script Center
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.asp

GetObject Method:
Retrieves an existing object with the specified ProgID, or ...
Remarks
Use the GetObject method when an instance of the object exists in memory, or ...

Gnther