I was thinking about that, how could I check if it is the case ?
thx

>Many companies has a policy of NOT installing scripting.
>
>>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
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>>>Did you specify full file name, including path? Does file actually exist?
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I need to open an external file (xls, doc , pdf or jpg) directly from a VFP application.
>>>>
>>>>to do that i use these simple lines of code
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>oShell 	= CreateObject( "WScript.Shell")
>>>>oShell.Run( Myfile, 1,.f.)	
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>It usually work fine as it does on my PC but now I'm running into this error :
>>>>
>>>>Ole error code ox 80070002:the system cannot find the file specified
>>>>
>>>>what can it be ?
>>>>