Dim OpenOffice, Desktop Dim myDoc, supportedServices Set OpenOffice = CreateObject("com.sun.star.ServiceManager") Set Desktop = OpenOffice.createInstance("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop") Set myDoc = Desktop.loadComponentFromURL("private:factory/swriter", "_blank", 0, Array() ) MsgBox "Look ..." supportedServices = myDoc.SupportedServiceNames MsgBox "First service = " & supportedServices(0) myDoc.close(True)