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2 total messages Started by Ozan Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:57

#3253

Author: Ozan
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:57

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I want to show "openwith" dialog for unknown file types. I use shellexecute.

ShellExecute(NULL,"openas",file_name,...) like this.

But this gives error. "there is no application for given filename extension".

How can show this dialog? thanks for help.

Re: Open With dialog

#3254

Author: Bob Gonder
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:01

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Ozan wrote:

>I want to show "openwith" dialog for unknown file types. I use shellexecute.
>But this gives error. "there is no application for given filename extension".
>
>How can show this dialog? thanks for help.

Check your registry.  Mine shows this command (one line) :
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe
%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1

which brings us to this code:
>	char	rundll[] = "c:\\windows\\system32\\rundll32.exe";
>	char	params[] = "c:\\windows\\system32\\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL c:\\fullpath\\filename";
>	ShellExecute(NULL,"open",rundll,params,NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL);
Which also runs as
>	char	rundll[] = "rundll32.exe";
>	char	params[] = "shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL c:\\fullpath\\filename";
>	ShellExecute(NULL,"open",rundll,params,NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL);

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