How to open (view/edit) files programmatically?

4 May 2007 5:44 PM

Bill Nguyen

I would like to open for view only or editing different file types in
VB.NEt.
For example:
PDF
BMP
JPEG
GIF
DOC
etc...

Can use file association in Windows OS or to detect necessary application
based on file extension then invoke it.

Thanks

Bill

5 May 2007 11:24 AM

G Himangi

To open a file with its associated app, you could use the following function

:

void ShellExecute(string cmd)
{
ProcessStartInfo pi = new ProcessStartInfo(cmd);
pi.UseShellExecute = true;
pi.Verb = "open";
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(pi);
}

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"Bill Nguyen" <billn_nospam_please@jaco.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to open for view only or editing different file types in
>VB.NEt.
> For example:
> PDF
> BMP
> JPEG
> GIF
> DOC
> etc...
>
> Can use file association in Windows OS or to detect necessary application
> based on file extension then invoke it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill
>
>