Starting Microsoft Applications from VB

I need to start Microsoft Word from a VB application.  What is the proper wa
y
to do this.  Also what if Word is not installed on the client computer (Is a
message returned).

Hi,

You can use the ShellExecute API.  If you specify the path and filename of
your Word doc, Windows will start up whatever application (usually Word)
that has been associated with this document type.

Dick

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Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
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