That code works perfectly well for me under Win2k. Dumb question: are you absolutely sure about the path in the open command?

Alan

>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