This works fine in FoxPro 2.6, but with Visual 5.0, instead of opening the document and running a macro, it loads Word, and opens Document1 and stops as if there is no more code.

=ddesetoption('SAFETY', .F.)
ichannel = DDEINITIATE("WinWord", "System")
	IF ichannel=-1
		RUN /N c:\winword\winword.exe
		ichannel = DDEINITIATE("WinWord", "System")
		ask=.F.
	ENDIF
		= DDEEXECUTE(ichannel, "[AppMaximize 1 ]")
		= DDEEXECUTE(ichannel, '[FileOpen "g:\fox\thedoc.doc", .readonly=1]')
		= DDEEXECUTE(ichannel, "[MailMergeToDoc]")
		= DDEEXECUTE(ichannel, '[ToolsMacro .Name="tradedegree", .run]')