>It can all depend on what you're trying to do. I used DDE extensively in a FP 2.6 app to perform page layouts on word 6.0 . you can pass word basic commands through DDE and have full control and functionality of word. however it is pretty slow.

We're gonna try and do it with "run". It sounds interesting, though, and is something to keep in mind if I need to do that sort of thing.

Thanks,