On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:34:25 -0700 (PDT)
Lynn Etheredge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to open a file in it's native application. It doesn't have a
> specified extension, however, so I would need to specify the application
> somehow. I saw
>
> system("start docname")
>
> but this doesn't specify the application.
I am not sure what you really want to do.
As this is a 'cgi' list I presume you want to open up a file so it can be read
on the web
And that file might be a MS "Word" document, in which case there may well be a
perl module that reads Word documents
So could you elaborate a little more perhaps?
Owen
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