OK thanks, but if I make life a bit more complex by saying that the file
name is abc.def and it should be opened in the default browser, how could
that be done when 'def' is not a known extension?
Staffan
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Mark Miesfeld <miesf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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