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Asked: 2026-06-13T17:06:14+00:00

I have read multiple posts on the issue, and none seem to come to

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I have read multiple posts on the issue, and none seem to come to a decent conclusion to my question. (Perhaps I’m trying to see if anything has popped up lately.)

I have a small charity app that handles pledges. In doing so, it needs to work with and print documents.

Thing is, if Word is open in the background, the app thread will hang and won’t respond to the closure of Word, and I have to roll back manually and close word. Sure, that all works fine, but I simply cannot guarantee that the end user will close Word, even if I put the instruction in a user manual.

I’m not too fussed about speed, but I guess that if it can be enhanced, it would be a nice little bonus.

Have any libraries been released for Delphi that will allow me to open, edit, print, and save documents? If not, is there a way to use Word Automation in such a way that it will not conflict with another open handle of Word when opened?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you use GetActiveOleObject, you will get the running instance of Word.
    By using CreateOleObject, you will get a new instance and shouldn’t be troubled by other running instances.

    In case you use the TWordApplication, wrapper you can set ConnectKind to ckNewInstance to accomplish this. By default, TWordApplication will try to connect with a running instance.

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