Re: NEWERA -- Starting Word

In article <G7++z0ElJTxM092yn@kcbbs.gen.nz>, Kerry Sainsbury <kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz> writes >>> I may be missing something obvious but >>> how do I start Microsoft Word from a button on a NEWERA window and pass >>> it a document name. > >I wouldn't use "RUN" and hardwire in a path. Use the Win32 API function >"ShellExecute" (I assume NewEra lets you access the API!): > > ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', docname, '', '', sw_ShowNormal) > >This means you haven't even hard-wired in MS Word - it'll use whatever >product has been setup to open ".doc" documents. > What I really want to do is to check that "word" is running. If not then start it up and pass the document name. (This bit works OK). However if it is running then dont start a new window but simply pass the document name to the existing program. I suppose dde is the answer? Thanks -- Mike Ripley