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how to open files from .net app

Hi,
I loop through the files in a directory and I add the name of each file
as items of a listbox to my .net Application.

Now I would like to be able to open a file by clicking on the item in
the list. The file could be anything (pdf; jpg, mp3, doc...) and should
be opened with the default windows application for that particular type
of file.

How can I do that ?

Thanks

Jul 12 '06 #1
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"graphicsxp" <sa*************@googlemail.comschrieb:
Now I would like to be able to open a file by clicking on the item in
the list. The file could be anything (pdf; jpg, mp3, doc...) and should
be opened with the default windows application for that particular type
of file.
\\\
Imports System.Diagnostics
....
Process.Start(<file name>)
///

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
Jul 12 '06 #2
Thanks Herfried, exactely what I needed :)
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:
"graphicsxp" <sa*************@googlemail.comschrieb:
Now I would like to be able to open a file by clicking on the item in
the list. The file could be anything (pdf; jpg, mp3, doc...) and should
be opened with the default windows application for that particular type
of file.

\\\
Imports System.Diagnostics
...
Process.Start(<file name>)
///

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
Jul 12 '06 #3

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