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Execute a custom file on double click of it's icon

Hello all
i have written a Vb program which creates a custom file(say hello.xyz) and also I have an application to execute this file.
Now in Internet explorer or windows explorer I am not able to execute the file on double click of it's icon.
I have set the folder options in windows explorer
Now presently ,if i double click on the icon,it will load the application and then i have to open the file from the menu of my application and select the path and then execute .
Please do help me

Guy Hengel [angelIII / a3]

You have to work in you application code to take the command line (ie the path of the file) into account to load that file. Did you do that already? (the function Command$ returns the command line parameters...)
How have you setup the folder options: did you say in the open method to use <apppath>\<yourapp>.exe "%1", so that the file clicked will be passed as command line parameter to the application?

CHeers

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Richie_Simonetti

Optionally,
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/reg/association.htm

Éric Moreau

Any progress?

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