<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Try this... It should open ANY kind of document in the application that Windows has designated for it to use.</font>
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<br><font size=3><tt>on mouseUp</tt></font>
<br><font size=3><tt> set the hideConsoleWindows to true</tt></font>
<br><font size=3><tt> answer file "Open which document?"</tt></font>
<br><font size=3><tt> put QUOTE & it & QUOTE into tPath</tt></font>
<br><font size=3><tt> get shell(tPath)</tt></font>
<br><font size=3><tt>end mouseUp</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Roger Eller</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">roger.e.eller@sealedair.com</font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 02:35 AM, Robert J. Earp wrote:<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>> I need to allow users to open a number of types of documents/media<br>
> etc. from within a stack. That is, have the native application, such<br>
> as Word, Acrobat, Excel (and others) launch and then open the<br>
> appropriate data file. And I need this to happen on whatever Win<br>
> machine the stack is running on.<br>
><br>
> Launch does not seem to work within WinXP as it doesn't seem to know<br>
> where the apps are located. I have the feeling I should be using the<br>
> queryRegistry command to locate the full path of the app, but my<br>
> problem is I don't know enough about the Registry to be able to find<br>
> the appropriate entries to query.<br>
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> Also, should I be checking for an app already being open ? That is, am<br>
> I going to risk having many copies of the same app open at the same<br>
> time ? If so, any ideas how to do this ?<br>
><br>
> Can anybody help please ??</tt></font>
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