Thisform.AddObject('oWordDoc','OleControl','WordDocument') With Thisform.oWordDoc .Top = 1 &&thisform.subject.Top +thisform.subject.Height +20 .Left = 5 .Height = Thisform.Height - 20 .Width = Thisform.Width - 10 .object.Application.Documents.Open(GETfile('doc')) .Visible = .T. Thisform.Show .DoVerb(0) Endwiththe document open with a new word document, not on form.