executing files

[MarcoMB]

in a listbox control i have a list of filename with differnt extensions...i would like execute them in the listbox event click as if i execute them from windows explorer...how can i do?ther's an file execute method in visual basic?

 

[petermeachem]

You need to use Shell. Lot's of examples in this forum. You don't need to worry about the application, just give it the filename and windows will run it with the right application (or at least probably some application!).

 

[Swi]

Try ShellExecute:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q170918/

Swi

 

[johnwm]

... or even easier use Shell with rundll.exe as it's argument. My standard function for this:

Public Function OpenDocument(DocumentWithPath As String) As Long
    OpenDocument = Shell("RUNDLL32.EXE URL.DLL,FileProtocolHandler " & DocumentWithPath, vbNormalFocus)
End Function

Works on any file that has a default application registered on users machine

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[MarcoMB]

thanks, i found easily the solution in MSDN using SHELL, but what about executing non EXE files like explorer do giving the choice of what application to use for opening file such as .txt,etc?

 

[BobRodes]

Answered by petermeachem in the first response.