Re: Open with... Problems

This might help -- with it you can add an option to allow the user to
associate or re-associate your app with the particular file extension.

http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/reg/association.htm

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<dwenger.3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply Richard, but I am confussed about "associations
set up correctly in the registry".

I have used the "Open with..." dialog box to open my particular text
file extension to my executable. Also, can the below command (FileName
= command$) be used when running the vb from the script or does it only
work for the executable?

Thanks again!!

Richard Cole wrote:
On 21 Aug 2006 07:11:56 -0700, dwenger.3@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I am having difficulty finding the selected file using the "Open
with.." dialog box.

I have a vb executable which opens text files to load the form. I
would like for the user to be able to double click these text files and
them open the executable and load that particular text file. I can
start the executable, but cannot capture the file which the user has
double clicked.

Thanks!
Assuming you have got your associations set up correctly in the registry,
the double-clicked file will be passed as a command line parameter, so you
can use:

FileName = command$

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