Is there another way to open a Windows file than this one: shellexecute("open",text(path_and_FileName));
I'm using ShellExecute to open a file. It use to work, but fail to work since this morning.
I had similar intermittent problem with the function. The code do check if the file exist. If not then created it. But, it won't open it
Martin
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//OpenNotesFile will iopen a text file to write notes
Input: FileName (stringsimple);
var:
Path_and_FileName ("G:\Users\Utilisateur\Documents\Bourse\Text_On_Chart\" + FileName + ".txt");
//print (Path_and_FileName);
//File_Name = "G:\Users\Utilisateur\Documents\Bourse\Text_On_Chart\EUR.JPY_Chart_3.txt";
iF ELC.PathExists(Path_and_FileName) then begin
shellexecute("open",path_and_FileName);
end
else begin
//Print(Path_and_FileName);
FileAppend(Path_and_FileName,"Note for: " + filename + NEWLINE +">" + NEWLINE + ">");
shellexecute("open",text(path_and_FileName));
end;
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DEFINEDLLFUNC: "shell32.dll", int, "ShellExecuteA",
lpstr, // HWND
LPSTR, // lpOperation,
LPSTR, // lpFile,
LPSTR, // lpParameters,
LPSTR, // lpDirectory,
INT // nShowCmd
;
Input:
operation(StringSimple)
{
"edit" - Launches an editor and opens the document for editing. If lpFile is not a document file, the function will fail.
"explore" - Explores a folder specified by lpFile.
"find" - Initiates a search beginning in the directory specified by lpDirectory.
"open" - Opens the item specified by the lpFile parameter. The item can be a file or folder.
"print" - Prints the file specified by lpFile. If lpFile is not a document file, the function fails.
},
lpFile(StringSimple);
ShellExecute = ShellExecuteA("", operation, lpFile, "", "", 0);