Launching the default app for a file - how do i do it ?

[acs68]

Hi all,

newbie with this.

I have a form and I want to store the path to the file along with the file
name.

I then want to have a button that takes the file/path and launches the
default application for that file type. I.e. if it is a jpg - it launches my
default image viewer, if it's a .doc file it launches Word.

Can someone tell me what the code is to do this ?

I've heard before talk about the Shell command, but in this instance the
file type could be anything so I cannot launch an application as such.

any ideas ?

cheers

 

[Allen Browne]

Try FollowHyperlink, e.g.:
Application.FollowHyperlink "C:\MyFile.jpg"