Yes I retrieve the filename by Getfile() and the file can be open without problem outside VFP
It seems to give me no problem with Jpg files while I got into problems when trying to open Xls or Pdf files


>Did you specify full file name, including path? Does file actually exist?
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>>I need to open an external file (xls, doc , pdf or jpg) directly from a VFP application.
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>>to do that i use these simple lines of code
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>>oShell 	= CreateObject( "WScript.Shell")
>>oShell.Run( Myfile, 1,.f.)	
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>>It usually work fine as it does on my PC but now I'm running into this error :
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>>Ole error code ox 80070002:the system cannot find the file specified
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>>what can it be ?
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