ShellExecute(handle, NULL, "MyFile.doc", NULL, NULL, SW_MAXIMIZE );

Variant my_word;
Variant my_doc, this_doc;
my_word = Variant::CreateObject("word.application");
my_doc =  my_word.OlePropertyGet("Documents");
this_doc = my_doc.OleFunction( "Open", Variant("c:\\mydir\\docum1.doc") );