>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.
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>=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]')
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I once heard OLE described as DDE that works. Try using OLE now called COM to do this. I have some samples on my web page from the fox team. My web URL should appear at the bottom of this message.