open MS Word files

[sims]

>
>>  Also isn't DDE double-deprecated now? Someone told
>>  me it was the
>>  predecessor of COM which is out of favor, now with
>>  .NET? Sheesh.
>>  Richmond.
>>
>
>Yes, it is deprecated, and _will_ disappear along with
>a huge truckload of other APIs when M$ Longhorn comes
>marching in.
>
>>  On Windows isn't there some kind of Scripting Engine
>>  Architecture?
>
>Oh, a Scripting Engine Architecture -- like Apple's
>OSA, you mean ? Nah, that would be far too easy. You
>know, developers like you and me might make software
>that can do more than their stuff.

Excursions from my Mac into Windows World are frustrating.
Hell, I'd settle for:
1. Open doc (given the path)
2. Save as Plain Text
3. Close doc

Such a simple procedure is not possible?
<sigh>

sims
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