# Natural Studio V 6.1.1. PI 14 - using COM/OLE to access Word

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-studio-v-6-1-1-pi-14-using-com-ole-to-access-word/79362>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Linux\
**Created:** [October 26, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-studio-v-6-1-1-pi-14-using-com-ole-to-access-word/79362 "2008-10-26T21:12:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eatonesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Eatonesque](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Eatonesque)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-studio-v-6-1-1-pi-14-using-com-ole-to-access-word/79362/1 "2008-10-26T21:12:42Z")

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We are converting this application (creating Word Documents with merge data from Natural) from DDE to COM/OLE and suddenly SENDKEYS - by which we send ‘re-entry’ keys back to Natural when Word closes - is only intermittently working - I can debug both sides (Visualbasic Template and Natural) and all the evidence is that occasionally the SendKeys value is active (ie the equivalent of a Function key) and other times not, under no apparently different circumstances.

Does anybody have a similar application running via COM/Ole ?

Ta

Adrian

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/natural-studio-v-6-1-1-pi-14-using-com-ole-to-access-word/79362/2 "2021-04-02T14:51:05Z")

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