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Opening a file and its associated application from VB
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- May 8, 1999
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'This example will show you how to launch a file with his associate program.<br>
'It will do the same action that occur when you Double Click on the file.<br>
'For Example, if when you double click on mp3 file it launch with Winamp,<br>
'This code will do the same.<br>
'Add a module to your project (In the menu choose Project -> Add Module, Then click Open)<br>
'Insert this code to the module :<br>
<br>
#If Win32 Then<br>
Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _<br>
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile _<br>
As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, _<br>
ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long<br>
Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long<br>
#Else<br>
Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "SHELL" (ByVal hwnd%, _<br>
ByVal lpszOp$, ByVal lpszFile$, ByVal lpszParams$, _<br>
ByVal lpszDir$, ByVal fsShowCmd%) As Integer<br>
Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "USER" () As Integer<br>
#End If<br>
Public Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1<br>
<br>
'Insert this code to your form:<br>
<br>
Function StartDoc(DocName As String) As Long<br>
Dim Scr_hDC As Long<br>
Scr_hDC = GetDesktopWindow()<br>
StartDoc = ShellExecute(Scr_hDC, "Open", DocName, "", "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL)<br>
End Function<br>
<br>
Private Sub Form_Load()<br>
Dim r As Long<br>
'Replace the c:\mp3\song.mp3 with the file you want to launch<br>
r = StartDoc("c:\mp3\song.mp3"
<br>
End Sub<br>
<br>
<br>
Eric <p>Eric De Decker<br><a href=mailto:vbg.be@vbgroup.nl>vbg.be@vbgroup.nl</a><br><a href= Visual Basic Center</a><br>
'It will do the same action that occur when you Double Click on the file.<br>
'For Example, if when you double click on mp3 file it launch with Winamp,<br>
'This code will do the same.<br>
'Add a module to your project (In the menu choose Project -> Add Module, Then click Open)<br>
'Insert this code to the module :<br>
<br>
#If Win32 Then<br>
Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _<br>
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile _<br>
As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, _<br>
ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long<br>
Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long<br>
#Else<br>
Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "SHELL" (ByVal hwnd%, _<br>
ByVal lpszOp$, ByVal lpszFile$, ByVal lpszParams$, _<br>
ByVal lpszDir$, ByVal fsShowCmd%) As Integer<br>
Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "USER" () As Integer<br>
#End If<br>
Public Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1<br>
<br>
'Insert this code to your form:<br>
<br>
Function StartDoc(DocName As String) As Long<br>
Dim Scr_hDC As Long<br>
Scr_hDC = GetDesktopWindow()<br>
StartDoc = ShellExecute(Scr_hDC, "Open", DocName, "", "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL)<br>
End Function<br>
<br>
Private Sub Form_Load()<br>
Dim r As Long<br>
'Replace the c:\mp3\song.mp3 with the file you want to launch<br>
r = StartDoc("c:\mp3\song.mp3"
<br>End Sub<br>
<br>
<br>
Eric <p>Eric De Decker<br><a href=mailto:vbg.be@vbgroup.nl>vbg.be@vbgroup.nl</a><br><a href= Visual Basic Center</a><br>
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