Open file with associated app

[Doug Bell]

Hi,

I can probably use "Shell" function to open an app with a switch to open a
selected file.

But is it possible to read the application that a file type has been
associated with to determine which application name to pass to the "Shell"
function?

I am trying to emulate the user double clicking on a file selected in
Explorer.
My VB.Net does not know which file or file type will be selected.

Or is there another approach.

Thanks

Doug

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

If you use process.start(" YourFile") it will open it up in the
program associated with that file extension.

Ken
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"Doug Bell" <Po*********@vo daphone.com.au> wrote in message
news:eI******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P12.phx.gbl...

Hi,

I can probably use "Shell" function to open an app with a switch to open a
selected file.

But is it possible to read the application that a file type has been
associated with to determine which application name to pass to the "Shell"
function?

I am trying to emulate the user double clicking on a file selected in
Explorer.
My VB.Net does not know which file or file type will be selected.

Or is there another approach.

Thanks

Doug

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Doug Bell" <Po*********@vo daphone.com.au> schrieb:

But is it possible to read the application that a file type has been
associated with to determine which application name to pass to the "Shell"
function?

Opening files, applications, Web documents, and the mail client
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=openfileapp webpage&lang=en >

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Doug Bell]

Thanks Herfried

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:eJ******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...

"Doug Bell" <Po*********@vo daphone.com.au> schrieb:

But is it possible to read the application that a file type has been
associated with to determine which application name to pass to the "Shell" function?

Opening files, applications, Web documents, and the mail client
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=openfileapp webpage&lang=en >

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Doug Bell]

Thanks Ken
"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsout h.net> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP15.phx.gbl. ..

Hi,

If you use process.start(" YourFile") it will open it up in the
program associated with that file extension.

Ken
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"Doug Bell" <Po*********@vo daphone.com.au> wrote in message
news:eI******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P12.phx.gbl...

Hi,

I can probably use "Shell" function to open an app with a switch to open a selected file.

But is it possible to read the application that a file type has been
associated with to determine which application name to pass to the "Shell" function?

I am trying to emulate the user double clicking on a file selected in
Explorer.
My VB.Net does not know which file or file type will be selected.

Or is there another approach.

Thanks

Doug