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Icetips Utilities Documentation
6/29/2009 Shell Class: GetAssociatedProg |
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| Prototype: | (String pFileName),String |
| pFileName | Name of the file to get associated program for. |
| Returns | The full path and filename of the executable associated with the file. If no association is found, the method returns an empty string. |
Use this method to find executable associated with specific file extension, such as .xls for MS Excel etc. Using any of the run or ShellExecute methods uses the same method to find the associated executable to be able to run files, open web pages etc. etc. Note that the file MUST exist. If the file does not exist use GetExeFromExtension.
Example:
ITS ITShellClass
Loc:FileName String(255)
Code
Loc:FileName = 'c:\test.aprj' !! Build Automator Extension
Message('Program to open ' & Clip(Loc:FileName) & ': ' &|
ITS.GetExeFromExtension(Loc:FileName),'Associated Executable',ICON:Exclamation)
See also:
AssociateProgram
GetAssociatedVerb
GetExeFromExtension
ITRun
ITRunWait
ITShellExec
ShellExec
ShellExecEx