Opening a file with default app

[Alan Schmidt]

Exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks Mike!



-Alan


On 2/14/16, 11:59 AM, "omnisdev-en on behalf of Mike Matthews" <omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com on behalf of omnis at lineal.co.uk> wrote:

>Hello Alan,
>
>for Windows users we use this:
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>;  Register DLL (parameters) (command not visible by Mac users)
>Register DLL ('Shell32.dll','ShellExecuteW','JJCCCCJ') Returns ErrorCode
>;  Call DLL (parameters) (command not visible by Mac users)
>Call DLL ('Shell32.dll','ShellExecuteW',0,'#NULL#',pFilePath,'','#NULL#',1) 
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>Calculate lvFlagOK as kTrue
>Quit method lvFlagOK
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>For Mac OSX users, we use this:
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>If sys(6)='M'|sys(6)='X'
>	Send Finder event {Open Files (pDocumentPath)}
>End If
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>But you could use an AppleScript.
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>The Windows version had some issues with 64bit Windows, but is now fixed in current version, but must be very latest or even v8.  
>
>Mike
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>Mike Matthews,
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>Tel: +44 (0)1271 850550
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>Email: mike.matthews at sqlworks.co.uk
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>On 14 Feb 2016, at 15:58, Alan Schmidt <alan at goconnected.com> wrote:
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>> I know this has been asked before but I'm not having much luck finding the answer in the archives.
>> 
>> How can Studio (6.1 32 bit) open a file, such as a text file, forcing Windows to open it with the app associated with the file extension?
>> 
>> Also, is this still the current list archive: http://www.omnis-dev.com:8090/searchform.do
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>> Thanks for the help.
>> 
>> -Alan
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