Non-blocking way to open MS Word files?

[Dave Beck]

Just want to say thanks so much for the help! I actually used a combination
of the launch command with a separate mini 'launcher' stack to do the trick.
Great idea, Scott! From my main stack, I set a registry key indicating the
path of the document I want to launch, and then use the launch command to
launch my mini 'launcher' stack. The 'launcher' stack reads the reg key, and
then uses the shell() function to open the document.

The only drawbacks are 1) Now my app will be 1 meg bigger because of the
mini 'launcher' app, and 2) You can only launch one document at a time. If
you try to open a second when the first is still open, nothing happens. Oh
well, it works well enough for me!

Thanks again! Great idea with the mini-launcher.
Dave