DblClick a Filename & auto open it in appropriate browser?

[LucieLastic]

hi All

I have an interface which displays different filenames (with filepaths). If a user double clicks or presses a button, is it possible to auto open the correct browser with the file just by using the filename?

I've tried this but keep getting a result <= 32.

if ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', nil, pchar(pnlfilename.caption), nil, SW_SHOW) <= 32 then ...

if ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', pchar(pnlfilename.caption), nil, nil, SW_SHOW) <= 32 then ...

many thanks for help,
lou

 

[towerbase]

Do you have an application associated with the file type you are trying to "open".

The second of your two ShellExecute calls should work.

I do this kind of thing quite a lot but I usually define the editor that I want to use as well as the file I want opened:

  ShellExecute ( 0, 'Open', pchar(Editor), pchar(filename), pchar(''), SW_HIDE );

Andrew
Hampshire, UK

 

[LucieLastic]

hi Andrew

There can be several different file extensions (common ones like .txt, .htm, .doc etc).

I did try the following and it worked so don't know what's wrong with the other bit, the filename looks valid in the caption.

This worked:-

ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', pchar('c:\temp\tester.txt'), nil, nil, SW_SHOW)

lou

 

[towerbase]

Which filename didn't work and what was the actual ShellExecute statement that failed?

Can you give the exact error code returned by ShellExecute?

Andrew
Hampshire, UK

 

[LucieLastic]

hi Andrew

This is the line and it now works with Trim in there. I guess some control character must have been in there:

res := ShellExecute(FmMain.Handle, 'open', pchar(trim(pnlfilename.caption)), nil, nil, SW_SHOW);


Thanks for all your help,
lou