I'm pretty new to VB.Net so take it easy on me
I'm on Win2K with Office 2000 and all I'm trying to do is open a work document. I've added a reference to Office 9.0 and Word 9.0 and this is the code I have.

Dim wordApp As Word.Application

wordApp = new Word.ApplicationClass
For some reason I can't use Word.Application in the above statement.

I've also tried this:
Dim wordApp as Word.Application
wordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")

In both cases I get exceptions thrown Here are the messages I get:

Top Example:
An unhandled exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException'

Additional information: The specified module could not be found.

Bottom Example:
An unhandled exception of type 'System.Exception' occurred in microsoft.visualbasic.dll

Additional information: Cannot create ActiveX component.


Please help