Hi Ben,

>oword = CreateObject("Word.Basic")
>oword.appshow
>oword.FileOpen("c:\temp\temp.doc")

Your code looks right and there should be no problems. Did you check out if the file actually exists?

>Also, can anyone tell me where to find a Word.Basic help file, so I don't have to keep bothering people up here?

This file used to come with the older versions of MS Office.