Re: Launching a Word document in a Java program under Windows 98

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From: Mark Griffiths
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:40

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"Luc BONAMEAU" <alorsc@excite.com> wrote in message news:3ae6da55_1@dnews...

> Everything is so simple in NT versions where the command
>     cmd /c anyfile.anyextension
> launches the right application in fonction of the extension 'anyextension
'
> Doesn't the same mechanism exist in Win 9x versions ? If no, How could I
> reproduice it ?


I havn't got a Win9x box handy, but I remember the 'start' command that
first appeared in Win95 (i think).  At a command prompt you could type
'start readme.txt' and notepad would be run.  So you could try 'command /c
start anyname.anyextension'. (the 'start x.y' may need to be quoted).

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Mark

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