>>>>>>How would one go about launching MS Word with a document by clicking on a command button in FPW 2.6?
>>>>>
>>>>>RUN /N7 WORD.EXE
>>>>
>>>>I would favor using OLE automation as you have much more control over Word if you create it as an object.
>>>
>>>Could you elaborate on how to do this? Many thanks!
>>>
>>>Bryan
>>Sure ....
>>oWorddoc=CreateObj('word.application')
>>oWorddoc.documents.open('mydoc.doc')
>>oWorddoc.visible
>
>Is this FPW 2.6? :))
>
>Vlad
Sorry, it's Vfp.
To run word from 2.x you need to use the run /n winword.exe mydoc.doc .... don't use the quotes. It works well!

Allen Burlingame
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