Openning A File With Default Program
I want to make a media player program with Windows Media Player ActiveX Component but if i double click on a media file it will be opened with windows media player. How can i do that with my application?
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Openning A File Using Associated Program
I have a directory of word, excel, access etc. files. i have a dirList and fileList from which i get the file path and name (fPathName).
in normal windows each file has an associated program
eg .doc when double clicked opens word
i want to do the same but select my file through my fileList say a.msg click a button and it open as it would if you did it through windows explorer.
I think that makes sense, how can i do this
cheers theNoot
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I did a search here and could not find the answer.
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Load A File With Non-default App In A Vb Program
The command loads a .jpg file for editing. By default in windowsXP, it loads a .jpg file with Fax & Picture viewer:
Code:dim program as string
dim filepath as string
program = "C:program filesadobephotoshopphotoshop.exe"
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shell(Program & " " & filepath)
For html and image files, before I add the filepath to the shell function, the spaces in the file path must be replaced with a
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Open File With Default Program Association
Hi All,
Does anybody know how to open a file with whatever program Windows has associated with the file? For example let's say I want to open a .xls file but one computer might use Excel and another computer might use OpenOffice. Is there a way to open the file from a VB app similar to double clicking on the file from Windows Explorer?
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Hello All,
When one is in Windows Explorer and one double-clicks a file, the file is automatically passed to the default program set up in Tools>>Folder Options. This is done by handle. ie - .xls is passed to Excel.
Is there a call to leverage that within VB6??
Thanx In Advance,
->Noah
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Hi
I am writing an application which will enable the user to select a file and open the file with it's associated application. For example if a user double clicks on a “.txt” file in explorer the file extension is automatically associated with notepad and the file is opened in notepad. How do you implement this automatic association between a file extension and an application and how to you get the associated application to open the file.
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Hello guys, this is very urgent, so any help would be great
I made a program that opens Excel file and then does some calculations with data. The computer I wrote it on has excel 2003! and it works fine. Whenever I try running the program on a different computer that has excel 2000 it gives me error on
VB Code:
Dim inputFile As Excel.Workbook.... Set inputFile = exlApp.Workbooks.Open(myPath)...
even thought it goes through
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Hi,
I have a file which is mainly used in Excel 2002. Sometimes, when I try to open it, I get an error message that says "cannot read file".
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PivotTable report 'PivotTable1' on '[XXXX.xls]
Sheet1' was discarded due to integrity problems."
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I heard something about downloading XP's Service Pack 3, but I would like to know if there any other suggestions.
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Edit by Moderator:
Please post Excel questions, in the Excel forum.
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Default Program
hi
i like 2 make my program the default program 2 open .txt files.
i find code but it's not working on use formats.
if any one can help me please i will be realy grateful 2 him.
im useing VB6 program
Thank u all
imosha
Default Program
hi
i like 2 make my program the default program 2 open .txt files.
i find code but it's not working on use formats.
if any one can help me please i will be realy grateful 2 him.
Thank u all
imosha
Default Program
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I have my program already compiled and made and just about everything is ready. In my program, you use lists to do certain things. These lists can be constructed straight from the program, or can be loaded from a file. The file type is one I sort of 'made up' it ends in ".Aub". Obviously you can tell it's nothing that you would instantly reconize as a file type, and it has no icon.
Here is where I need help. I know programs can take a certain type of file by default. Take Visual Basic forms for example. When you double click on them, having VB installed, VB will instantly load them up for you.
This is what I want to do with my program. For my premade/saved ".Aub" lists, when they are loaded/double clicked, I want my program to be the default loader, and when it loads, load the list into the program and display it to them. This would require two things:
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I am writting and Email Client program and when finished I want it to be able to do a few things that I am not sure how to do yet.
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As far as I get,I found that some characters (spaces, ampersands, vbCrLf, vbTab) passed to the string mentioned needed to be replaced.
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I will appreciate any help.
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Here is the full code
Private Sub SendMail(ByVal strAddress As String, _
Optional ByVal strCC As String, _
Optional ByVal strBCC As String, _
Optional ByVal strSubject As String, _
Optional ByVal strBodyText As String)
Dim strTemp As String
Dim lngret As Long
If Trim(Len(strCC)) Then strTemp = "&CC=" & strCC
If Trim(Len(strBCC)) Then strTemp = strTemp & "&BCC=" & strBCC
If Trim(Len(strSubject)) Then strTemp = strTemp & "&Subject=" & strSubject
If Trim$(Len(strBodyText)) Then ' If message body is not empty
' Replace special characters (ampersands, spaces, tabs and line feeds). I do not
' know how to replace tabs so I placed know how to replace tabs so I placed 8 spaces instead
strBodyText = Replace(strBodyText, vbTab, Space(8))
strBodyText = Replace(strBodyText, " ", "x20") ' Replace x with % here. (As this forum also use these characters beginning with % they don't appear)
strBodyText = Replace(strBodyText, "&", "x26") ' same as above
strBodyText = Replace(strBodyText, vbCrLf, "x0Dx0A") ' same as above
' Append it to our "mailto:" string
strTemp = strTemp & "&Body=" & strBodyText
End If
' If at least one of above is appended place ? character in front (necessary format for mailto string)
If Len(strTemp) Then Mid$(strTemp, 1, 1) = "?"
strTemp = "mailto:" & strAddress & strTemp ' Place our standard starting word "mailto:" and mail addres
lngret = ShellExecute(0, "open", strTemp, 0&, 0&, SW_SHOW) ' SW_SHOW is a contstant (5)
If lngret < 32 Then ' Successful.
Select Case lngret
Case 0
MsgBox "Out of memory/resources.", vbOKOnly, App.Title
Case 2
MsgBox "File not found.", vbOKOnly, App.Title
Case 3
MsgBox "Path not found.", vbOKOnly, App.Title
Case 17
MsgBox "Bad format.", vbOKOnly, App.Title
Case 31
MsgBox "No association exists.", vbOKOnly, App.Title
Case Else ' Other error has occured.
MsgBox "An error occurred. (Error Nr:" & lngret & ") during transfer to default e-mail application.", vbOKOnly, App.Title
End Select
End If
Unload Me
Exit Sub
End Sub
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Hi,
Is it possible to get a path to the default mail program to shell it out and allow the user to check mail?
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I couldn't find any default mail program setting under Internet Explorer settings when I browsed the registry.
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I am looking to be able to have an application open an image using the computers default viewing program.
My knowledge of VB is limited, and I tried using code that launched a .exe file but couldn't get that to work. This is the code I tried to use..
Code:
Dim procID As Integer
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I don't exactly understand what that code does, as it was never explained to me.
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thanks,
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Hello,
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I use this code to start the default installed mail program and it works perfect.
Code:
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
R = ShellExecute(Me.hWnd, "Open", "mailto:someone@someserver.xxx?subject=" & MessageSubject & "&Body=This is my message", vbnulstring, App.Path, vbNormalFocus)
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Jorgen
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Hi
I have written a VB program that starts another application with the shell command,
and also sending keypresses to it by using SendKeys.
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I am sending the filename to the Save as dialog with a SendKey, but I want to also set as default which drive and
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