>>Probably could be omitted specifying the second parameter wdOpenFormat but the question is:
>>Why you get the dialog and I don't? (my settings are all set to EN-US).
>>Cetin
>good question. Since I just installed office 2003 everything should be set to MS defaults.
>
>Don't waste anymore time over it. Thanks for all your effort. I think I will stick with word as the data holder.
>
>It's just strange that with everything going XML this is not an option.
>
>Peter

BTW try DisplayAlerts = .f. I'm not sure that it'd help.
Another workaround would be:

_cliptext = FileToStr("myTabDelimited.txt")
.Documents.Add
With .ActiveDocument.Range
    .Paste      && Paste VFP data
    .ConvertToTable(wdSeparateByTabs,,lnCols) && Convert to table
endwith

Save this one and it'd be a DOC which word knows how to open best.

Cetin