Sub Form_Load()
    msgbox Command$       ' that is the path of the file that is being
loaded
End Sub

hope this helps

Noah

The trick is to replace the shell command default in the registry with your program.
If I remember correctly, there's a sample in VBnet (www.mvps.org/vbnet/) that deals
with this. It's got a search engine, so you can look it up easily.

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for example:
If I was to write a notepad replacement in visual basic 5 that views text
files, In order for me to simply click on a text file in windows explorer
and have it opened by the notepad replacement I would have to create
registry entries that associate the "text file type" with the notepad
replacement.

that is fine. I can do that.

the next part of the problem is how does the vb notepad replacement know
which file I just clicked on? That is what code or whatever do I need to
include in the program so that it "knows"? i have heard that it involves
something called a "shell extension". Is that true?

for example:
If I was to write a notepad replacement in visual basic 5 that views text
files, In order for me to simply click on a text file in windows explorer
and have it opened by the notepad replacement I would have to create
registry entries that associate the "text file type" with the notepad
replacement.

that is fine. I can do that.

the next part of the problem is how does the vb notepad replacement know
which file I just clicked on? That is what code or whatever do I need to
include in the program so that it "knows"? i have heard that it involves
something called a "shell extension". Is that true?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

that is exactly what I was looking for!( i couldn't believe it was so
simple)
I am also a little embarrassed because the entry in the vb help file that
talks about this I have looked at a couple of times.
I didn't read it properly thinking "command$" was only related to the visual
basic development environment.

thanks,

Michael Dalla Costa