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Luc BONAMEAU <alorsc@excite.com> wrote:
> Hi Joi,

> Your solution is good if the document is Microsoft Word document. What if
> the is a JPEG image ?
> Obviously, you can manually check the file extension and then launch the
> proper editor. This assumes that you know the applications you have on your
> machine. The program I'm writting is in a distibuted architecture so I can't
> know this since every user has got a different machine and different
> application installed.

> 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 ?

Gee, ask Microsoft why they aren't consistant even within their own
products...

I create a platform-specific set of defaults in a properties file, fill
it with some defaults, and let users fill in replacements when something
doesn't work.  That's the *only* way I know of to be platform independent.

IE something like:

print_windows=c:\\windows\\print
print_unix=/bin/lpr
mail_windows=c:\\program\ files\\outlook.exe
mail_unix=/bin/mail

and so on.

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Joi Ellis (TeamB) 
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