On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Staffan Tylen <staffan.ty...@gmail.com> wrote:

> What's the mechanism to use to invoke a default application from a Rexx
> routine? Say for example that I've created two files called report.html and
> data.txt and I want report.html to be displayed using the user's default
> browser and data.txt to be presented using the user's default editor.
> Thanks.

On Windows, just pass the file name to the outside environment.  If
the system has a ftype for the file, it will invoke the default
application:

/* invoker.rex */

  'Makefile.txt'

Running the above brings up notepad with Makefile.txt

--
Mark Miesfeld

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