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[Ralf]

Hi,
I want to open a HTML-file at the end of the installation and I think it is flexible if the HTML-Viewer is used which is actually installed on the PC. So I don´t want to define in the IS6 script that always the internet explorer is needed.

Is there a way to open a file which file type is already registered in windows?

If not how can I start the internet explorer automatically?

Thanks,
Ralf

[Taco Bell]

Here's some sample code I use to launch the associated application for HTML files.

Code Sample

function BrowserLaunchURL(URLSite)  NUMBER nvType, nResult, nvSize;  STRING szRegKey, sExplore; begin  RegDBSetDefaultRoot(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT);  nvType = REGDB_STRING;  szRegKey = "\\htmlfile\\shell\\open\\command";  RegDBGetKeyValueEx(szRegKey, "", nvType, sExplore, nvSize);    // remove quotes  //LongPathToQuote(sExplore, FALSE);  //NOTE: COMMENTED OUT DUE TO PROBLEM UNDER NT4.  // if quotes are still found ... get what's inside the quotes  if ( StrFind(sExplore, "\"") = 0 ) then    StrSub(sExplore, sExplore, StrFind (sExplore, "\"")+1, StrLength (sExplore));    StrSub(sExplore, sExplore, 0, StrFind (sExplore, "\""));  endif;  Dbg("Browser = '"+sExplore+"'.", INFORMATION);  Dbg("URL = '"+URLSite+"'.", INFORMATION);    nResult = LaunchAppAndWait(sExplore, URLSite, WAIT);  if ( nResult < 0 ) then    Dbg("Unable to launch the default browser.", WARNING);  endif;    return nResult; end;

[Stefan Krueger]

You can use the ShellExecute Windows API, as shown in the sample on this site.