hi Greg, try:

oShell=CreateObject("Shell.Application")
oShell.ShellExecute("thefile.pdf")
RELEASE oshell

works for you?

>Greetings to all,
>Is there a way to open a PDF file from a user menu in Visual FoxPro 7.0? I have looked at FOPEN and GETFILE but still am having a little trouble. Any Ideas would be greatly appriciated.