JvH> STRPCCMD "C:\MSOFFICE\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE /t
JvH> F:\APPS\WFBAS.DOT" 
JvH> Right, but since the command resulted in opening the
JvH> template, instead of creating a new document from the
JvH> template, I had to rename it to AutoOpen.
I'm sorry to be so late replying.  I left for a one week business trip to 
France and did not return until five weeks later.
Anyway, regarding your experience, I'm afraid I'm not very helpful. Your word 
is acting differently when launched with the above command on the AS/400.  
When I do the above, it uses the .DOT file as an template and creates a new 
document.
Since the behavior on your system is so fundamentally different, I expect 
there are other problems related to the environment.  Have you tried your 
template under a normal W95 or NT platform environment?
Bob
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