>Hello all,
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>I have a simple word document ( a sort of software manual ) that i want to put it in my vfp application menu. i.e. i will have this word file by users machine somewhere and now if user clicks on help/manual then i want to display contents of this word document.
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>what would be the simplest way to do this? i want to avoid using any activex controls if possible to reduce distribution problems.
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>thank you very much for help in advance.

You could use ShellExecute() to open that file with default application.