Opening files

[Khryus]

Hello,

How would you have VLC or WMP (windows media player) to open a video file via autoit? Would you use Run?

Thanks in advance

[czardas]

Try ShellExecute()

[Khryus]

I don't know how to use ShellExecute to work with VLC or WMP, also, shouldn't the script/executable be inside VLC's or WMP's folder to work?

I've got to go now, I'll check this tomorrow. Thanks for the help in advance

Edited March 10, 2012 by megablox

[czardas]

ShellExecute() will open a media (or other type of) file using the default program. If you want to select a different program then it wouild require more code. You don't need to put the script inside any particular folder, but you do have to give the full path of the file you want to open (in this case the path to the media file).

Edited March 10, 2012 by czardas

[Khryus]

Thanks, it's working! But I need to make it so that you can choose which program you want to open the file with, so could you tell me what I have to do in order to do that? (don't need code, just some tips on how to do that)

Edited March 11, 2012 by megablox

[hawkair]

Hi I have not much experience but for me this seems to work

$vlc = "C:Program FilesVideoLANVLCvlc.exe"
$kmp = "C:Program FilesThe KMPlayerKMPlayer.exe"
$file = "d:My Moviesafterschool.xvid-lpd.avi"
$file = " """ & $file & """" ;because of the blanks in the path
Run ($vlc & $file )
Run ($kmp & $file )
Exit

Edited March 11, 2012 by hawkair

[Chimaera]

Is there a reason that you need a different program to open it?

ShellExecute() uses whatever the default option is that is set in windows, which is usefull when your intended target prefers one program over another

If its just for yourself just right click a movie file and choose open with, check the set as default box and choose the program you want, then just use ShellExecute() and it will always use that program.

[Throne3d]

Right, I managed to help MegaBlox. He wanted to be able to select in his AutoIt GUI which player, because... he's awkward. xD

He was using a bit of ugly hax to do it, and basically created a cmd.exe window, then wrote the command into there, but I changed that to a ShellExecute method for him, and managed to make it work for VLC by doing a third argument, the working directory ("C:Program Files (x86)VideoLANVLC"). The second bit, the arguments with which to run the program, I looked at advanced methods of running VLC and found out you could specify a file there, as with WMPlayer, and you could also do fullscreen.

So yeah, I think this is all fine now.