I have a program that reads .txt and .rtf files, I have made an installer project for the program within vs2005 and I have put the file type and set the command in 'files types' to 'Primary output from OSSUniType (Release Any CPU)'.
Now when I compile my program i look in a folder that has .rtf in it and it shows the icon to my file as expected but when I open it from windowsmy program launches but no text is shown but if I open from windows into notepad or word the text is shown.
If I run my program then click 'open' and find the exact same file then the text is shown.
also in file types 'arguments' is shown as "%1"
opening files from outside my application (vb.net 2.0)
EtasystemiCKB
I tried this:
Private Sub frmMain_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load If Environment.GetCommandLineArgs.Equals("%1") = True Then Dim open As New clsMenu 'calls classopen.metOpen()
'uses open method End If End SubThe above code did the same thing as in my first post, do you know where I m going wrong
KGW
Does your program handle the arguments passed to it
When the main form opens, you have to check Environment.GetCommandLineArgs. It contains the file name passed via the "%1", and you need to call your method to load a file.
Marwan
GetCommandLineArgs returns a string array, and the place holder %1 has been replaced with the file name the user has selected in Explorer.
If (Environment.GetCommandLineArgs.Length > 1) Then Dim s As String = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs(1) ' Open file s End If(The string at index 0 is the file of your application)
jaydeep ahuja
Thanks alot, incase someone reads this, this snippet worked for me:
Try
Dim s As String = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs(1) If (Environment.GetCommandLineArgs.Length > 1) Then If s.Contains(".txt") Then Me.rtfMainText.LoadFile(s, RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText) Me.Text = s Else Me.rtfMainText.LoadFile(s) Me.Text = s End If End If Catch ex As Exception End Try