by Mohammad Faisal (1 Submission)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sun 2nd February 2003
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Run the Associated file using ShellExecute
API Declarations
Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile _
As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
Private Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
VBcoders
MsgBox RunAssociateFile("C:\tempDoc.htm")
End Sub
Public Function RunAssociateFile(ByVal strDocName As String) As Long
Dim Scr_hDC As Long
Dim lngRes As Long
Scr_hDC = GetDesktopWindow()
RunAssociateFile = ShellExecute(Scr_hDC, "Open", strDocName, "", "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL)
End Function
