>If I issue the command:
>
>oWord.Documents.Open("modeltools_HELP.doc")
>
>does the program search the foxpro search path, or the location configured in Word? I'm getting an error that the file cannot be found even though it is in the fox search path.

Who knows what Word thinks (if anything). If the file is in fox's path, this will work:

oWord.Documents.Open(fullpath("modeltools_HELP.doc"))