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Andrés - 24 Oct 2003 19:25 GMT

I´m working with C#. And my question is:
How can i open a file with its win application?. For
example open a word file with MS Word? or an excel file
with MS excel?
I´m trying to find the way to open a windows application
with its path; or to open a file with its path.
Thanks.

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Eric Cadwell - 27 Oct 2003 19:30 GMT

Try just starting a process with the path of the file. That should load the
registered program:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@\\file2\home$\ecadwell\Desktop\status.doc)
;

HTH;
Eric Cadwell
http://www.origincontrols.com

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Sriram Krishnan [at] gmx [dot] net - 01 Nov 2003 18:55 GMT

Try using the ShellExecute API function through PInvoke

Sriram

> I´m working with C#. And my question is:
> How can i open a file with its win application?. For example open a word
> file with MS Word? or an excel file with MS excel? I´m trying to find the
> way to open a windows application with its path; or to open a file with
> its path.
> Thanks.

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Santiago - 03 Nov 2003 21:40 GMT

No need to PInvoke.
Follow Eric's method. It's the easiest and cleanest. Plus it's pure managed
code.

- Santiago

> Try using the ShellExecute API function through PInvoke
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> > How can i open a file with its win application?. For example open a word
> > file with MS Word? or an excel file with MS excel? I?m trying to find

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> > way to open a windows application with its path; or to open a file with
> > its path.
> > Thanks.

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