• Home
 · 
• Files/File Controls/Input/Output
 · 
• Lauches an application based on file extension

Lauches an application based on file extension

Lauches an application based on file extension

API Declarations


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




Rate Lauches an application based on file extension

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

(1(1 Vote))

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")