I use
var s:longint;
.
.
.
s:=shell('kfmclient exec '+filename);
It works if you have KDE.
Inpromptu
> On 9/18/05, Melchiorre Caruso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > could anybody explain to me how to "open a files with associated
> > application"?
> >
> > With Delphi I use ShellExecute function:
> >
> > ShellExecute (0, 'open', PChar (FileName), nil, PChar (PathName),
> > SW_SHOW);
> >
> > but I search a function, that works on both OS (Linux and Windows);
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > ---
> > Melchiorre Caruso
>
> From what i know there is none, in Linux you should have shell() but i
> don't know if it works for this and there you have different
> associations in KDE, GNOME and others, you can basically check where
> the associations file is and load the app that is set to open that
> kind of file, you can see Lazarus itself does a serch for browsers
> when invoking help on Linux. Maybe someone finds a better method to
> load associated apps :)
>
> Razvan
>
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