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ShellExecute, open with dialog, and win2k
status--Works with CString, evidently I did something wrong the first time. Used dumpbin and curiously there is no "open" function that I see in shell32.dll, so I'm using the original ShellExecute version and then calling WinExec if error ==SE_NO_ASSOC- crjones42
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- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
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ShellExecute, open with dialog, and win2k
Ok, great that works!!!! But I don't know why... To quote the MSDN library, "You can freely substitute CString objects for const char* and LPCTSTR function arguments." My filename was already a CString, so I set a temp CString equal to the RunDLL command (cut-and-pasted from above so...- crjones42
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- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
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ShellExecute, open with dialog, and win2k
Noluck with WinExec, concatenated my filepath and name onto rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL as a CString, returns ERROR_BAD_FORMAT. I've written my own version with standard open dialog which lets user select .exe directly, it's just nicer and more consistent to use the open with...- crjones42
- Post #3
- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
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ShellExecute, open with dialog, and win2k
Hi-- How do I call the "open with" dialog in 2000???? I've been using the following code to open a text file with unusual extension for viewing or call the "open with" dialog if user has not registered a favorite viewer/editor...- crjones42
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- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
