Howto check if file extension is associated with applica

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Howto check if file extension is associated with applica

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15/05/2002 06:35:07

Armin Neudert
TMN Systemberatung GmbH
Ilsfeld, Germany

15/05/2002 06:15:07

Alexander Golovlev
Epam Systems
Saratov, Russia

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Visual FoxPro

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Windows API functions

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Re: Howto check if file extension is associated with applica

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Alexander,

>I'm using ShellExecute for opening document files of different type. And I want to disable "Open" button if selected file type is not associated with any application and cannot be opened. For instance, for .xls file if Excel is not installed, for .pdf if Acrobat not installed etc.

Have a look at the FindExecutable() funtion in the WINAPI section (api#12662).

Armin

Armin Neudert
Regional Director (Stuttgart) of German FoxPro User Group dFPUG

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