Now that is most intuitive!

>Alright, we have found the answer.....
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>It is an Office 97 issue. The solution is to use a hyperlink object like this.
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>oHyperlink = CREATEOBJECT("Hyperlink")
>oHyperlink.NavigateTo("C:\VFPTrain\letter.doc")
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>This launches Word 97 with the document loaded!
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>Tada! Thank you....thank you very much! (Elvis has left the auditorium)