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Releasing Word object after completion of word automation in C#

I am doing word automation in c# and can't seem to get rid of the word object - both the application and the word get stuck. I have tried various permutations of the following:

oMyword.oword.Quit();
//Marshal.ReleaseComObject(oMyword.oWord);
while (Marshal.ReleaseComObject(oMyword.oWord) > 0) ;
oMyword.oWord = null;
oMyword = null;

jimyX

try this:

//object junk = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
....
if(oMyWord != null) {
//oMyWord.Quit(ref junk, ref junk, ref junk);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(oMyWord);
oMyWord = null;
}

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Subrat (C++ windows/Linux)

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EylonM

ASKER

Subrat2009, could you show the code that would call Opendoc please?

Thanks

EylonM

ASKER

I discovered the source of the word hanging. Here is the code that is causing the problem:

RichTextBox rtFile = new RichTextBox();
string cContents = oMyword.getDocContentsAsString();
if (cContents.Contains("<<rate_includes>>"))
{
oMyword.GoToBookmark("rate_includes");
rtFile.Text = myReservation.cIncludedTerms;
oMyword.InserFile(rtFile);
oMyword.FindAndReplace("<<rate_includes>>", "");
}

These lines are causing word to hang when I try to release it:
string cContents = oMyword.getDocContentsAsString();
if (cContents.Contains("<<rate_includes>>"))

Why? Is cContents somehow a copy of the word object that isn't being released?

EylonM

ASKER

Continuing from above - where the function below seems to be causing the problem:

public string getDocContentsAsString()
{
oWord.Selection.WholeStory();
oWord.Selection.Copy();
string docContents = Clipboard.GetText();
return docContents;

}