>You can use WSH
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/wsMthRun.aspoShell = CREATEOBJECT('WScript.Shell')
>oShell.Run(lcMyFile)or
ShellExecute API #12636.
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There's also Shell.Application's Open method:
oShell=CREATEOBJ('Shell.Application')
oShell.Open(lcMyFile)This will run under Win95 OSR2 v 2.1 or later, Win98, WinME, Win2K and WinXP IAC; it will also run under retail Win95 and WinNT 4.0
as long as at some point has had IE 4 or IE 4.01 with the Active Document extensions installed on it; later versions of IE (IE 5, 5.5 and 6.0) did not upgrade the Shell components on Win95/WinNT when they installed. If you have Win95 or WinNT and do not have Shell.Application, but have a version of I later than 4.01, you'll need to uninstall the current version, install 4.01, and then upgrade back to the most current version of IE, reapplying any SPs or HotFixes which were originally there.
>>I'm probably missing something obvious, but I haven't been able to find an answer to this here or on the Wiki, so a request for help from the more knowledgable:
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>>In a document management type scenario where I want my users to be able to launch (from my VFP application) a selected document of any type in whatever its registered application may be, but I don't know that in advance---is there a way to do it?
