From: "Bee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I am curious to know that if that is an existed module to open files
> with it's default application just like I double click on the file
> with mouse. and I do something just like this with my code :
>
> use defaultOpen;
> defOpen 'C:\temp.gif' or die "$!" ; # Then the image will open with
> photoshop. defOpen 'C:\temp.doc' or die "$!" ; # then the document
> will open with Word.
>
> I've made this done by writting a batch like code.. but I sure that's
> unsafe and unportable.
>
> Thanks for any hint,
> Bee
The system('start file.doc') only allows you to trigger the default
action defined for the file type. If you want to use the other
actions you might like
use Win32::FileOp qw(ShellExecute);
ShellExecute 'Print' => 'c:\temp.doc';
Jenda
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