Re: shellexecute

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From: Tom
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:33

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Well, I want to thank both, ED & Hans on your help, your suggestions 
solved my problem and did exactly what I needed. Thanks again.


Hans Galema wrote:
> Ed Mulroy wrote:
>> I don't think default directory should be NULL.  It might need to be 
>> ".\\help" (don't overlook the leading period in that string).
> 
> Good point.
> 
> But maybe better it is to just use an absolute path for the
> filename.
> 
>  AnsiString FileName = ExtractFilePath (ParamStr(0)) +  "help\\help.pdf";
> 
>  ShellExecute(0, "open", FileName.c_str(), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL)
> 
> Hans.

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