MS Word: Selection Object not "selecting"

[MajP]

Unable To Select (Highlight) Selection In Word

I have a few procedures where I am trying to select a range. For some reason i get a valid selection object, but the selection does not "select". I get no highlighting of the selection.
Example

Private foundRange
Public Sub ReplaceTextOnly(strReplace As String)
  If Not foundRange Is Nothing Then foundRange.Text = strReplace
  foundRange.Select
  'For Test purposes
  Debug.Print Selection.Text
  Debug.Print Selection.Start & " " & Selection.End
  Selection.Font.Bold = True
End Sub

The debug.print provides the expected results for the selection object, and the correct range turns bold. So somehow I am getting the correct selection object but it is not showing the "selection.

 

[PHV]

What is the value of the Application.ScreenUpdating property at the time the code does the selection ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[MajP]

Thanks. After some testing it appears to be an automation issue. The issue only happens when the word document is opened the second time. If everything is closed out and run then it works fine. I think it has something to do with fully qualify objects when doing automation. Similar to the remote server not available error .

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=178510