>>Hello,
>>I am working with an application where I have a button that I want to make open a .bmp file in paint. It seems likes it should be so easy to do, but the answer eludes me. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>MAC
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>Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
>        Dim ProcID As Integer
>        ' Run Paint and open the picture ( you may assign the picture filename to a variable)
>        ProcID = Shell("C:\WINNT\system32\mspaint.exe c:\myPicture.bmp", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)
>End Sub
>

Hmmm, I think there may be better approaches similar to using ShellExecute. I also would like to open a file by the default application. What do you use for this?

Thanks.