API to open file in its application?

[PeDa]

I should like to include a "print the manual" item in the menu of my (gcc) C programme. Is there an API call to which I can pass a file name (in this case a .rtf document), such that the file is openen in the appropriate application (in this case Word or the like)?

Many thanks in advance,

 

[vb5prgrmr]

Check out ShellExecute or ShellExecuteEx API.

Good Luck

 

[PeDa]

Thank you vb5prgrmr, from MSDN it seems that this is just what I need.

Best wishes