Calling Windows XP Picture and Fax Viewer

[pmbroh]

I would like to open from either VFP or Fox2.6 Windows XP Picture and Fax Viewer. It is a .dll file shimgvw.dll not a .exe. Any ideas, Thanks much, Pete B

 

[Mike Gagnon]

One way to do this would be to change the file association of your picture files and use ShellExcecute on your pictures with the "open" parameter.

[blue]DECLARE INTEGER[/blue] ShellExecute [blue]IN[/blue] shell32.[blue]dll[/blue] ; 
  [blue]INTEGER[/blue] hndWin, ; 
  [blue]STRING[/blue] cAction, ; 
  [blue]STRING[/blue] cFileName, ; 
  [blue]STRING[/blue] cParams, ;  
  [blue]STRING[/blue] cDir, ; 
  [blue]INTEGER[/blue] nShowWin
cFileName = "c:\mypicture.jpg" 
cAction = "open" 
ShellExecute(0,cAction,cFileName,"","",1)

Mike Gagnon

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