How to open a file in visual basic.

[AMD_earl]

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Gud day mga bai..

unsay code para maka open og isa ka file?..

if windows executable file example, calculator, notepad, msdos , maka mao ko .. shell "notepad", vbNormalFocus

pero kung file jud bai?..picture file (jpg format)
unsaon na siya pag open?

sa form naay command button, ig click nimo mo open og LOGO.jpg nga file
if kani nga code Shell "G:\Filing\LOGO.jpg"
dili man mo work sad..file not found ang error

pls help thanks.

[silent-kill]

suwayi ani
shell "explorer.exe g:\filing\logo.jpg"

pydi pud nimo ilisan ang explorer.exe to any program nga m support og file parameter.

[AMD_earl]

bro thanks alot! it really help

cge nako search inet og code but layo ra kaayo..taas pa jud..thanks so much..

ask ra niya ko balik..

[kibotizer]

SHELL ra jud... vb6?

SHELL "the filename"

pwede pod OLE

yeah! bling bling men...abz'

[guyjasper]

The proper way of doing what you want is to use the ShellExecute API. I found an example from PSC:

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long



Private Sub xstart(xpath As String)


If Dir(xpath) = "" Then
Call MsgBox("The file does Not exist, check path In settings", vbExclamation)
Exit Sub
End If

'open the file with the default program
Call ShellExecute(hwnd, "Open", xpath, "", App.Path, 1)
End Sub

[CodeZero]

try command dialog components.

[CodeZero]

commandDialog.showopen try lang bro.