Open another program

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Paulo(Posted 2004) [#1]
Can I force another program to open (eg, Outlook or IE) to open from a button click within a B+ window? Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.


Rimmsy(Posted 2004) [#2]
You can use ExecFile("c:\program files\outlook.exe") or wherever it is.

Or you can use CreateProcess("the file.exe") in BlitzPlus which will allow you to receive information from some programs.

The problem is finding the outlook executable in the first place. IE is easy. If the user has IE as their default browser, just using: CreateProcess("htmlpage.html") should open IE.


Paulo(Posted 2004) [#3]
Okay thanks Rims.


Rimmsy(Posted 2004) [#4]
No prob.