Here we go again on Launch

[miscdas at boxfrog.com]

Roger Guay writes:
[SNIP]
> Thanks, Dan.  This works very well indeed.  Of course I will need to solve 
> the problem for Windoz later on, but for now at least, this will do. 
> 
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Mr. Guay, 

Here are 2 options for WIN 32 systems. 

First method: using shell 

get shell ("start C:/ZinioInstall.txt") 

You need the full path to the file to be launched. 

The specified file extension must be mapped to an application. In this 
example on my system TXT files are mapped to Notepad, so Notepad is launched 
and the file opened. Similarly, HTM, HTML, SHMTL are usually all mapped to a 
browser. Therefore, use the shell command in the sme way to launch the 
default browser and open the file. 

Second method: using launch 

launch "D:/Domar10.doc" with "C:/Program Files/Microsoft 
Office/Office/WINWORD.EXE" 

You must know the full path to both the file you want to launch and to the 
application. 


As you can see, there are pluses and minuses to each method. 

miscdas