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Re: f.launch in win32

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Subject: Re: f.launch in win32
From: Sven E Olsson <lists at seedit dot info>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:50:28 +0200
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This is some dangerous to me, because I am Mac only, but ...
If you could double click on your document and all works fine.. then  
you should also:

dim myDocFile as folderitem
myDocFile = DesktopFolder.child("myFile.txt")

myDocFile.Launch

This works on Mac if the FileCreator and FileType is correct. ( Do  
NOT launch the app, launch the Document!)

Sven E



On 2007-07-30, at 07:41, Lennox Jacob wrote:

> OK Steve,
>
> I know it is different.
>
> I already have my app configured for win32 drag and drop and double- 
> clicking - AssociateFileType and RegistermyApp. myApp works perfectly.
>
> The problem is that I want to create a text file in a pushbutton  
> event in another application (myOtherApp), and have it launch myApp  
> and display the file contents.
>
> OK, I can launch myApp via f.launch but I cannot get the newly  
> created file to launch myApp.
>
> If I drop the newly created file manually over myApp's icon then  
> myApp is launched and its contents displayed.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Lennox
>
> Steve Garman <realbasic at garman dot demon dot co dot uk> wrote: In a 
> message  
> regarding Re: f.launch in win32 dated Sun, 29 Jul 2007
> 19:28:27 -0700 (PDT), Lennox Jacob said that ...
>
>> Yes, and I can do it very easily on Mac with f. launch like this:
>
>> Use an app to create a text file (f)
>> then use
>> f.MacCreator = "WXYZ" where WXYZ is the appropriate MacCreator
>> f.MacType = "text"
>> f.Launch
>
> OK, so on the Mac you have the MacCreator set up for your app
>
> The win32 equivalent is a much blunter instrument - to associate a  
> whole
> file extension with your app.
>
> Are you planning to do that? If not, the launch process will need  
> to be
> different on windows.
>
> Sorry if I'm covering old ground but I haven't been following this  
> thread.
>
> -- 
> Steve Garman
> Using RB2007r3 Professional on Windows Vista Ultimate
>
>
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