Linking to Another Program's File

[Lefo]

I think I worked this out right, but I want to make certain I'm not messing anything up.

I want to have a database set up with a link to a WordPerfect file. What I originally did was place a container in my database with a link to that file. Double clicking on the icon for that file brought up WordPerfect.

Is this the proper way to do this? Or, is there a simpler and/or better approach.

TIA

Lefo