** Problem in opening a word document using DDE.App_Begin *

Hi All,
I used this code in a when-button-pressed trigger in a button to open a word documnet:
declare
AppID PLS_INTEGER;
filename varchar2(100);
begin
FILENAME := :FILE_PATH; -- :file_path has the full path to the word document foe ex. : D:\Copyf.doc
AppID := DDE.App_Begin('C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE filename',DDE.APP_MODE_NORMAL);
end;
But when I press the button it gives me this error in Microsoft Word:
Word experienced an error trying to open the file.
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How to solve this problem?

Thanx Magoo
Dear Andreas
I've creatred a table to store the word files paths that the user wants to attach to a parfent record!
and then created a form to query all word-documents that is attached to that parent record to let the user open it
Is your code benefit to me in that case?
I tried to do it but the other one (Magoo's code) only open the CMD Prompt!
Iam using:
Form 6i: Version 6.0.8.11.3
OS: Windows XP SP2

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