You can use WSH http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/wsMthRun.asp

oShell = CREATEOBJECT('WScript.Shell')
oShell.Run(lcMyFile)

or ShellExecute API #12636.

>I'm probably missing something obvious, but I haven't been able to find an answer to this here or on the Wiki, so a request for help from the more knowledgable:
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>In a document management type scenario where I want my users to be able to launch (from my VFP application) a selected document of any type in whatever its registered application may be, but I don't know that in advance---is there a way to do it?