Open With?

[ryantollefson]

Sorry if this has been asked before, I tried searching, but couldn't find it. I'm wondering how I can open a file with a specified application (like when you right click on a file and can choose "Open With"). For example, if I wanted to open song.mp3 with winamp instead of it's default application.

[weaponx]

ShellExecute??

[ryantollefson]

ShellExecute??

That will just use the default program though.

Edited September 2, 2007 by ryantollefson

[Nahuel]

I really don't know if this would work, since I'm using Win98 and it doesn't have that option.

ShellExecute("filename","","","Open with")

If it does work, I suppose all it'll do is show you the window where you are supposed to choose the program.

It should be a quite interesting function to make.

[ryantollefson]

I tried this:

ShellExecute("myfile.txt", "", @ScriptDir, "Open With")

And I get this error:

...Unable to execute the external program.:

ShellExecute("myfile.txt", "", @ScriptDir, "Open With")

No application is associated with the specified file for this operation.

[weaponx]

If you are wanting to open a file somewhere other than it's default app, then you should just be using Run() to execute the desired program directly and pass your file as a parameter.

[Dieuz]

I tried this:

ShellExecute("myfile.txt", "", @ScriptDir, "Open With")

And I get this error:

...Unable to execute the external program.:

ShellExecute("myfile.txt", "", @ScriptDir, "Open With")

No application is associated with the specified file for this operation.

Did you even replace "myfile.txt" and "Open with" by something!? Edited September 2, 2007 by Dieuz

[ryantollefson]

weaponx, can you give me an example of how to do this? I tried:

Run("c:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe -C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\AutoIT\examples\myfile.txt")

but this just opens Wordpad, not the .txt file with it.

Dieuz, yes I replaced Open With with the program path, and "myfile.txt" is a file I am using to test this.

[herewasplato]

Run('c:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe "New Text document.txt"')

I had New Text document.txt in the same folder as the script - you might want the entire path to your text file.

-MSP-

[Richard Robertson]

You don't put a - before a parameter. Putting the parameter in quotes is better though.

Run('c:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe "C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\AutoIT\examples\myfile.txt"')

[ryantollefson]

You don't put a - before a parameter.

Thanks (to herewasplato too), that worked for the .txt file... But now how can I do it for something like this (this doesn't work - it will open Windows Media Player, but not the file)?

Run('C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe "Triangle.wma"')

I tried this with the full path to Triangle.wma also, but that didn't work either.

Edited September 3, 2007 by ryantollefson

[herewasplato]

Try adding the entire path to the WMA file.

[ryantollefson]

Try adding the entire path to the WMA file.

Tried that, no luck

[herewasplato]

Just so we are on the same page here (playing the same file):

Download this WMA file from here:

http://www.triviaproducer.com/TB4_2_Playing_a_Game.wma

or, if you prefer the site, then link route:

http://www.triviaproducer.com/support.html

then "right mouse click/save file as" the "Playing a Game:" link

then run this code - changing the path as needed:

Run('C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe "C:\Temp\TB4_2_Playing_a_Game.wma"')

It starts Windows Media Player (WMP), version 11.0.5721.5230, on a computer running the XP SP2 OS and plays the file as expected.

What happens for you?

What version of WMP are you using?

What OS?

-MSP-

[MrCreatoR]

Maybe also there is need to use working dir..

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[ryantollefson]

So I'm an idiot and can't type. :">

Thanks for all the help guys, and herewasplato, thanks for the (properly) spelled out example

Edited September 4, 2007 by ryantollefson