How about trapping the error with a try block:

bWorked = false

while bWorked == false
   try
      wordApp.ActiveDocument.PageSetup.TopMargin = 5
      bWorked = true
   catch 
        

it's not pretty but it will try and try until the
server is finished initializing.

-Fabricio

--- Bill Papadopoulos <b_papadopoulos@[...].gr>  wrote:

>  
>  >>Hi !
>  
>  >>"server busy"  c'est souvent du au temps de
>  lancement de ms-word
>  >> "server busy"  it's often because ms-word is slow
>  to begin to run.
>  >>Ajoute/Add   "time.sleep(5)"
>  >>Michel Claveau
>  
>  
>  Hello Michael and thank your for responding,
>  
>  This is what I do before I get the "Server Busy"
>  message:
>  
>  #Setting TopMargin
>  wordApp.ActiveDocument.PageSetup.TopMargin = 5
>  
>  where wordApp is my Dispatch object.
>  
>  
>  I 've already tried time.sleep() after setting the
>  Margin which resulted 
>  to a "server busy" message and then the script
>  "slept".
>  
>  Also, I tried time.sleep() before setting the Margin
>  which resulted 
>  to make the script wait and then to get the "server
>  busy" message.
>  
>  I need something like:
>  
>  while waiting for margin to be set:
>      time.sleep()
>  
>  Any suggestions? 
>  Anyway, thanks again!
>  
>  
>  Vax
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