It works fine
The file is opened by MSPAINT
>What happend if you double click on that file in Windows Explorer (there where your ShellExecute not working)?
>
>
>>I get the error code 31 though the file type (It's a Jpg) is associated to MSPAINT
>>As I told you I have no problems in WinXp Environment
>>
>>>>Hi there,
>>>>I developed an application in which I call the function
>>>>

>>>>Procedure CallExt
>>>>Parameters xfiletoOpen,xlocation
>>>>
>>>>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN SHELL32.DLL INTEGER nWinHandle,;
>>>>                                               STRING cOperation,;
>>>>                                               STRING cFileName,;
>>>>                                               STRING cParameters,;
>>>>                                               STRING cDirectory,;
>>>>                                               INTEGER nShowWindow
>>>>    result = ShellExecute(0, 'Edit', xFileToOpen , '', xLocation, 1)
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>This works fine in Win XP but under a PC running with Win2000 it does not open the file as it was not, but it is, associated to any application.
>>>>
>>>>How can I get through this problem ?
>>>>Thank you all
>>>>Alessio
>>>
>>>
>>>Check the result. If it is bigger than 32 than everything is OK, but if it is smaller or equal to 32 error happened.
>>>Error codes:
>>>

>>>#define ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY      0 &&The operating system is out of memory or resources.
>>>#define ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND     2 &&The specified file was not found.
>>>#define ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND     3 &&The specified path was not found.
>>>#define ERROR_BAD_FORMAT        11 &&The .exe file is invalid (non-Microsoft Win32 .exe or error in .exe image).
>>>#define SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED      5 && access denied
>>>#define SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE  27 &&The file name association is incomplete or invalid.
>>>#define SE_ERR_DDEBUSY          30 &&The Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) transaction could not be completed because other DDE
>>>                                   &&transactions were being processed.
>>>#define SE_ERR_DDEFAIL          29 &&The DDE transaction failed.
>>>#define SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT       28 &&The DDE transaction could not be completed because the request timed out.
>>>#define SE_ERR_NOASSOC          31 &&There is no application associated with the given file name extension.
>>>                                   &&This error will also be returned if you attempt to print a file that is not printable.
>>>#define SE_ERR_SHARE            26 &&A sharing violation occurred.
>>>
>>>#define SE_ERR_OOM               8 && out of memory
>>>#define SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND      32 &&The specified dynamic-link library (DLL) was not found.
>>>