>experimenting with calling up a Word document from
>a form. have a general field with an inserted object
>(word document in it). This works ok, but word comes
>up minimized. Also, where or how do I add the code
>to run word macros on the document that is opened.
>
>experimented with a command button to use
>createobject("word.basic") and then
>the .FileOpen("file") I hear disk activity as if
>it's doing it, but i never see Word or the file I
>want. Which is the best way to do it?
>
>in 2.6 I used DDE commands which worked well.(?)

ActiveX Automation (formerly called OLE) is definately the way to go. Also, you should use VBA instead of WordBasic.