>>>>
>>>>Try using "START yourfile.jpg". That will load IE if it's what normally handles your JPG's.
>>>
>>>Hello Fred,
>>>
>>>That's not available in VFP3
>>>
>>>I will be converting this project to 6.0 soon, is START on the command list.
>>
>>I should have been more specific, sorry about that.
>>
>>START is a windows command. You can get at it through the RUN command from VFP. In checking, as long as .JPG is registered to belong to IE, you don't even need the START command.
>>
>>You can:
>>
>>RUN START yourfile.jpg
>>
>>-or even-
>>
>>RUN yourfile.jpg
>
>Hi Fred,
>I think my program needs to maintain 'control' over what applications are called - so I've gone with
>
> oIE = CREATEOBJECT("InternetExplorer.Application")
> oIE.Navigate(cmycurrentjpg)
> =INKEY(1) && delay
> oIE.Visible = .T.
>
>Thanks again for the suggestions
>Ed B

Whatever works for you. That looks like it ought to do the trick, too.