I can't open a Word session in a C# session without getting an error
"This command is not available because no document is open". The
simplest code illustrating the problem is below:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

namespace JustOpenWord
{
   public partial class Form1 : Form
   {
       public Form1()
       {
           InitializeComponent();
       }

       private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
           Word.Application oWord =  new Word.Application();
       }
   }
}

The error occurs on execution of the "Word.Application oWord =  new
Word.Application();" line.

The same failure occurs with variants such as "ApplicationClass" or
"_Application".  I've tried using "try/catch" to manage the error, and
the pop-up, without success. Suspecting an Office configuration issue
(Office 2003 running in Windows XP) I re-installed Office, without
success.

Anyone have any clues what's going on here? They would be greatly
appreciated.

= M =