How to open a file in it's default program

[Tor Inge Rislaa]

How to open a file in it's default program

A file with the extention .doc will normally be opened in Microsoft Word if
it is doubleclicked in a filebrowser, a file with the extention .htm will
normally be opened in Internet explorer. Is there a way to benefit from the
operating systems handling of default programs for opening known filetypes?

I need a VB.NET code where I can give a filename e.g.
"c:\mycatalog\myfile.doc" and let the code execute the right program for the
actual file.

Any Ideas

T.I.Rislaa

[Jerry Ham]

Sure, no problem - here is a sample:

Dim p As New System.Diagnostics.Process
Dim s As New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("C:\data\ct.tx t")
s.UseShellExecute = True
s.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
p.StartInfo = s
p.Start()

Jerry

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How to open a file in it's default program

A file with the extention .doc will normally be opened in Microsoft Word if it is doubleclicked in a filebrowser, a file with the extention .htm will
normally be opened in Internet explorer. Is there a way to benefit from the operating systems handling of default programs for opening known filetypes?
I need a VB.NET code where I can give a filename e.g.
"c:\mycatalog\myfile.doc" and let the code execute the right program for the actual file.

Any Ideas

T.I.Rislaa

[Armin Zingler]

"Tor Inge Rislaa" <to*************@rislaa.no> schrieb

How to open a file in it's default program

A file with the extention .doc will normally be opened in Microsoft
Word if it is doubleclicked in a filebrowser, a file with the
extention .htm will normally be opened in Internet explorer. Is there
a way to benefit from the operating systems handling of default
programs for opening known filetypes?

I need a VB.NET code where I can give a filename e.g.
"c:\mycatalog\myfile.doc" and let the code execute the right program
for the actual file.

Any Ideas

Have a look at Process.Start
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Armin

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[Tor Inge Rislaa]

Thank you for quick response an useful code example

TIR
"Tor Inge Rislaa" <to*************@rislaa.no> skrev i melding
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How to open a file in it's default program

A file with the extention .doc will normally be opened in Microsoft Word if it is doubleclicked in a filebrowser, a file with the extention .htm will
normally be opened in Internet explorer. Is there a way to benefit from the operating systems handling of default programs for opening known filetypes?
I need a VB.NET code where I can give a filename e.g.
"c:\mycatalog\myfile.doc" and let the code execute the right program for the actual file.

Any Ideas

T.I.Rislaa

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Tor Inge Rislaa" <to*************@rislaa.no> scripsit:

A file with the extention .doc will normally be opened in Microsoft Word if
it is doubleclicked in a filebrowser, a file with the extention .htm will
normally be opened in Internet explorer. Is there a way to benefit from the
operating systems handling of default programs for opening known filetypes?

I need a VB.NET code where I can give a filename e.g.
"c:\mycatalog\myfile.doc" and let the code execute the right program for the
actual file.

\\\
Dim psi As New ProcessStartInfo()
With psi
.FileName = "C:\bla.doc"
.UseShellExecute = True
End With
Process.Start(psi)
///

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>