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   D & J G to Steve Gerrard   
   Re: Set RTF file handling   
   26 Feb 06 06:30:00   
   
   From: donandjane@optusnet.com.au   
      
   "Steve Gerrard"  wrote in message   
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   > "D & J G"  wrote in message   
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   >> Is there a way to instruct Windows file-handling - 'Opens with:'  - from   
   >> within VB6?  I want to ensure that files with the .rtf (rich text)   
   >> extension always go to Word Pad, no matter which future computer uses my   
   >> program.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Considering that some future computer may not even have Word Pad, this   
   > seems like a bad idea.   
   >   
   > Surely you mean that you want *your* program to launch certain .rtf files   
   > in WordPad? If so, then explicitly launching WordPad and passing it the   
   > desired file would make more sense:   
   >   
      
   I'm cheating!!   
   To simplify printing, the print instruction goes like this:   
   Call Shell("write.exe /p " + App.Path + "\filename.rtf")   
   If the rtf association isn't set, it doesn't work.   
   Too simple??   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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