>Hi George,
>
>>If there is an executable associated with the file, you can start it using ShellExecute().
>
>If you pass the name of the document to ShellExecute(), it does automatically launch the application and presents the Open with dialog, if no application is associated with the file. At least Windows 98 does it.
>

Hi Christof,

It doesn't in my version of 98. It returns 31. Of course, I ran this test from the command window in VFP 6.0, but no dialog appeared. Hmm, maybe I'd better hit the MS site to check for updates. I would have thought, however, that being a Universal MSDN subscriber they would have sent one to me, but I can't recall seeing one.