>Try this:
>
>? ShellExecute(0,"print",gota,"","",0)
>
>The variable without "&".
>
>HTH
>Gerhard
>
>>If I print a given document it works fine
>>
>>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute ;
>>IN SHELL32.DLL ;
>>INTEGER nWinHandle,;
>>STRING cOperation,;
>>STRING cFileName,;
>>STRING cParameters,;
>>STRING cDirectory,;
>>INTEGER nShowWindow
>>? ShellExecute(0,"print","c:\what.doc","","",0)
>>
>>But if I go looking for the document with the following code I get error
>>
>> function name is missing ).
>>
>>in shell execute line - what is the correct syntax of this line
>>
>>gota=getfile()
>>
>>
>>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute ;
>>IN SHELL32.DLL ;
>>INTEGER nWinHandle,;
>>STRING cOperation,;
>>STRING cFileName,;
>>STRING cParameters,;
>>STRING cDirectory,;
>>INTEGER nShowWindow
>>? ShellExecute(0,"print",&gota,"","",0)
Works great thanks - is there any way to stop the Word window opening up
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