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Frank Van Overwalle wrote:

> Like is customary in Word, Excel and so on, once you double-click a
> working document, and Word opens with that particular working file.
> 
> Similarly, I want to open my Delphi Application (fit.exe) with the
> file that I double-clicked (eg, test.ft2).  The installshield already
> takes care of linking the application with the *.ft2 extension, but
> how can I tell the program which working file was clicked last?  How
> can it "read" that filename from Windows?
> 
> Thanks for helping out.

When you set up the file association in windows you specify how the
program should handle the file.  Generally the filename is passed on
the command line.   For instance, notepad.exe is typically associated
with *.TXT files and if you look at the settings for that you'll see
something like the following:

  C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

The name of the file that was launched is passed in place of the %1.
Therefore, in your application you just need to open the file passed as
ParamStr(1).

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-Mike (TeamB)