>Are there any controls to enable files (.doc,.xls,.txt etc etc) to be launched in there default assocatied program in Windows XP??

   DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN SHELL32.DLL INTEGER nWinHandle,;
                                               STRING cOperation,;
                                               STRING cFileName,;
                                               STRING cParameters,;
                                               STRING cDirectory,;
                                               INTEGER nShowWindow
    result = ShellExecute(0, 'Open', YourFullFileNameWithExtention , '', '', 1)
    DO CASE
       CASE result ==  0	     && The system is out of memory or resources.
            msg = "The system is out of memory or resources."
       CASE result ==  2	     && Bad Association (for example, invalid URL)
            msg = "Bad Association"
       CASE result == 29	     && Failure to load application
            msg = "Failure to load application"
       CASE result == 30	     && Application is busy 
            msg = "Application is busy "
       CASE result == 31         && No application association
            msg = "No application association"
   ENDCASE
   IF INLIST(result, 0, 2, 29, 30, 31)
      GetMessage(msg, 0 + 64, "ShellExecute")
   ENDIF