Lauches an application based on file extension

by T-REX Software (14 Submissions)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 24^th March 1999
Date Added: Mon 8^th February 2021
Rating: (1 Votes)

API Declarations
Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" Alias "GetDesktopWindow" () As Long

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Scr_hDC = GetDesktopWindow ()
'change "Open" to "Explore" to bring up file explorer
StartDoc = ShellExecute (Scr_hDC, "Open", DocName, "", "C:\", 1) 
'end function

'Place the following code in under a command button or in a menu, etc...

dim r as long
r = startdoc ("C:\windows\arcade.bmp")

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