Hi Claudio,

Thanks for your reply...this is the code I use:

loword=createobject("word.Application")
loword.visible=.T.
loword.documents.open("c:\ipletters\2.doc")

which on PCs running Win 98 works fine, but on PC running Win 2000 comes up with a pop up asking the user to find the document.

Can you send me the code you use to open word and a document on your Win 2000 app?

Thanks very much in anticipation,

Bob