I have a string that has a reference to a document (example c:\users\testdocument.doc)

Question

I just want to open it by clicking on a button or a hyperlink. It dont want to open it inside my program

Hi Chris. Take a look at the SO help topic [How do I ask a good question?](http://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask) — Hamlet Hakobyan, Jun 08 '15 at 19:21
Possible duplicate of [Example using Hyperlink in WPF](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10238694/example-using-hyperlink-in-wpf?rq=1). Refer to the accepted answer. — Suresh, Jun 08 '15 at 19:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '15 at 19:23

if you dont want to open it within your application that means you will open it using the office application. since you dont mention which programming language you use (i am guessing, from the wpf tag, some Visual Studio language) as the https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tcyt0y1f.aspx states

for c#

this.Application.Documents.Open(@"c:\users\testdocument.doc");

and for VB

Me.Application.Documents.Open("c:\users\testdocument.doc")

And opening it as read only

C#

this.Application.Documents.Open(@"c:\users\testdocument.doc", ReadOnly:true);

VB

Me.Application.Documents.Open(FileName:="c:\users\testdocument.doc", ReadOnly:=True)

I have a string that has a reference to a document (example c:\users\testdocument.doc)

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