Executing an external file from C#

Hello everyone again!

Thanks for the help on the last problem I was running into!

This time around, I am trying to execute a file from my code based on its filetype.

What I have done is:

1) Given a path, I have loaded the information into a byte array
2) Saved a referrence to the file into a database

Now, given the referrence, I need to

1) execute the file in its default viewer, ex:
    .doc = Launch Microsoft Word
    .pdf  = Launch Adobe Acrobat Reader
    .txt  = Launch NotePad

And so on.....so given the path of the file, I just want to execute it with its default application.

Anybody point me to the right method or class to execute the file object

Thanks!

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Executing an external file from C#

Hexar Anderson
Check out the System.Diagnostics.Process.Start method. You can pass in a filename and it will launch the associated application and load the file.

-Karl Erickson
Oleg Ovetchkine MSFT
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()

Look into the System.Diagnosotics.Process namespace...

It has some good stuff in it.

Just a thought
HScottBuck
Great!

Thanks everyone!

(Viking/Karl, that is :))
Executing an external file from C#

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