Hi all,
What is the easiest way to run a .doc file from a VB6 app I know how to launch the Word Viewer with a document and I know how to access Word if it is installed on the user's machine. What I want to do is have a line of code that calls a document with the ".doc" extension and then opens the document in whatever program (Word, WordPad, WordPerfect, etc.) is associated with that extension.
Is this possible
Thansk in advance for your help!
Running a doc file from VB6
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Running a doc file from VB6
Andy Simonds
You will need to use the Win32 API to achieve that. The ShellExecute API function provides this functionality.
Example:
http://pinvoke.net/search.aspx search=shellexecute&namespace=[All]
Regards,
Vikram
Vlad R
Hi!
The folowing example opens a doc file:
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "Shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, _
ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd _
As Long) As Long
Const SW_SHOW = 5
Private Sub Command1_Click()
ShellExecute hwnd, "open", "FILE NAME", vbNullString, "FILE DIRECTORY", SW_SHOW
End Sub
Hope it works...
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Best Regards,
Alan