Visual Basic/VB, Explorer functionality

Explorer functionality

Author	Message
Mark McCab #1 / 4	Explorer functionality Hello, this is probably a very simply question, but...... I have a program that uses a third-party control similar to the treeview (Green-Tree's Datatree) that uses sets of data items stored in an SQL database. One of these set of items is a list of files associated with a specific clients location. All I want to do is be able to launch the file with it associated application just like Windows Explorer. I don't want to have to use the OLE container control and the Shell command only works with certain files. NOTE: this is with VB 6.0 If anyony can help I would greatly appreciate it. Cheers :)
Tue, 08 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT

MSMV #2 / 4	Explorer functionality Mark... Quote: >All I want to do is be able to launch the file >with it associated application just like Windows Explorer. Use the ShellExecute function: Public Const SW_SHOW = 1 Public 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 Use it like this: ShellExecute(0, "open", "C:\MyDir\MyPath\MyFile.txt", "", "", SW_SHOW) -- Ben Baird, MVP Visual Basic Thunder 3.0 http://www.{filter}highway.com/~psy/vbthunder/ Common Controls Replacement Project http://www.--*.com/ Please keep your questions on the newsgroups.
Tue, 08 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Mark McCab #3 / 4	Explorer functionality Thank you :), but when ever I use this it always returns the error code for "There is no application associated with the given file name extension." Quote: >Mark... >>All I want to do is be able to launch the file >>with it associated application just like Windows Explorer. >Use the ShellExecute function: >Public Const SW_SHOW = 1 >Public 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 >Use it like this: >ShellExecute(0, "open", "C:\MyDir\MyPath\MyFile.txt", "", "", SW_SHOW) >-- >Ben Baird, MVP >Visual Basic Thunder 3.0 >http://www.{filter}highway.com/~psy/vbthunder/ >Common Controls Replacement Project > http://www.--*.com/ >Please keep your questions on the newsgroups.
Fri, 11 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Mark McCab #4 / 4	Explorer functionality Doh, ignore this, have worked it out, thank you :) Quote: >Thank you :), but when ever I use this it always returns the error code for >"There is no application associated with the given file name extension." >>Mark... >>>All I want to do is be able to launch the file >>>with it associated application just like Windows Explorer. >>Use the ShellExecute function: >>Public Const SW_SHOW = 1 >>Public 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 >>Use it like this: >>ShellExecute(0, "open", "C:\MyDir\MyPath\MyFile.txt", "", "", SW_SHOW) >>-- >>Ben Baird, MVP >>Visual Basic Thunder 3.0 >>http://www.{filter}highway.com/~psy/vbthunder/ >>Common Controls Replacement Project >> http://www.--*.com/ >>Please keep your questions on the newsgroups.
Fri, 11 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Page 1 of 1

[ 4 post ]