burlip Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Hi y'all, this is my first question in this forum, so bare with me: I want to fire up the related application when I pick a file with FileOpenDialog(). I.e. let's say I select abc.doc, click on "Open", I want WORD to start with abc.doc. I hope I can avoid looking up the opening application in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts. Anybody with a more elegant solution? burlip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SmOke_N Posted March 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted March 11, 2007 Hi y'all, this is my first question in this forum, so bare with me: I want to fire up the related application when I pick a file with FileOpenDialog(). I.e. let's say I select abc.doc, click on "Open", I want WORD to start with abc.doc. I hope I can avoid looking up the opening application in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts. Anybody with a more elegant solution? burlip$File = FileOpenDialog(...) ShellExecute($File) Common sense plays a role in the basics of understanding AutoIt... If you're lacking in that, do us all a favor, and step away from the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCreatoR Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 $File = FileOpenDialog(...) ShellExecute($File)oÝ÷ Ûú®¢×«h·µêí¡§-¹©r¢§¶°¢·ZÚZ²Ëh)êZ¶h~)^mçºÇ¬¢gg¬~)^±Æ§m欲"j×Â+ajz-êé®+jkºÚ"µÍÌÍÑ[HH[SÜ[X[ÙÊBÚ[^XÝ]J ][ÝÕÚ[ÛÜ^I][ÝË ÌÍÑ[JB Spoiler Using OS: Win 7 Professional, Using AutoIt Ver(s): 3.3.6.1 / 3.3.8.1 AutoIt Russian Community My Work... Spoiler Projects: ATT - Application Translate Tool {new}| BlockIt - Block files & folders {new}| SIP - Selected Image Preview {new}| SISCABMAN - SciTE Abbreviations Manager {new}| AutoIt Path Switcher | AutoIt Menu for Opera! | YouTube Download Center! | Desktop Icons Restorator | Math Tasks | KeyBoard & Mouse Cleaner | CaptureIt - Capture Images Utility | CheckFileSize ProgramUDFs: OnAutoItErrorRegister - Handle AutoIt critical errors {new}| AutoIt Syntax Highlight {new}| Opera Library! | Winamp Library | GetFolderToMenu | Custom_InputBox()! | _FileRun UDF | _CheckInput() UDF | _GUIInputSetOnlyNumbers() UDF | _FileGetValidName() UDF | _GUICtrlCreateRadioCBox UDF | _GuiCreateGrid() | _PathSplitByRegExp() | _GUICtrlListView_MoveItems - UDF | GUICtrlSetOnHover_UDF! | _ControlTab UDF! | _MouseSetOnEvent() UDF! | _ProcessListEx - UDF | GUICtrl_SetResizing - UDF! | Mod. for _IniString UDFs | _StringStripChars UDF | _ColorIsDarkShade UDF | _ColorConvertValue UDF | _GUICtrlTab_CoverBackground | CUI_App_UDF | _IncludeScripts UDF | _AutoIt3ExecuteCode | _DragList UDF | Mod. for _ListView_Progress | _ListView_SysLink | _GenerateRandomNumbers | _BlockInputEx | _IsPressedEx | OnAutoItExit Handler | _GUICtrlCreateTFLabel UDF | WinControlSetEvent UDF | Mod. for _DirGetSizeEx UDF Examples: ScreenSaver Demo - Matrix included | Gui Drag Without pause the script | _WinAttach()! | Turn Off/On Monitor | ComboBox Handler Example | Mod. for "Thinking Box" | Cool "About" Box | TasksBar Imitation Demo Like the Projects/UDFs/Examples? Please rate the topic (up-right corner of the post header: Rating ) * === My topics === * ================================================== ================================================== AutoIt is simple, subtle, elegant. © AutoIt Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensalim Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 That, or better to actualy open the word and pass to him the path to file, because sometimes files can be associated with another programs: $File = FileOpenDialog(...) ShellExecute("Winword.exe", $File) Sorry, what do I need to have ShellExecute() function? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sokko Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Smoke used it strangely. Just do this: ShellExecute("name of word file.doc") Basically, ShellExecute will do the same thing as double-clicking on the file in Explorer (though you can do other things with it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensalim Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Sorry, what do I need to have ShellExecute() function?Thanks.I updated my autoit v3 from 3.1.1 to latest and editor now detects the function (blue text instead of black)but when I run the au3 file (test.au3) it says unknown function name.Maybe I just need a computer restart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndFunc Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I updated my autoit v3 from 3.1.1 to latest and editor now detects the function (blue text instead of black) but when I run the au3 file (test.au3) it says unknown function name. Maybe I just need a computer restart... You can always use run too if you didn't want to use ShellExecute. Run("explorer.exe C:\yourdocument.doc") EndFuncAutoIt is the shiznit. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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