How to open file with its application?

erp-technical

Hi,

I am in need to open a file and show it to user. File may be in server (Disk) and file path will be stored in Navision database. ](*,)

I want to open the file (Word,Excel or Pdf) from Navision code irrespective of type of file.

(It may be same as Shortcuts in Navision 4.0)

Can anybody help me?

Thanks in Advance

Siva

Luc_VanDyck

Remember: Search is your friend

See thread http://www.mibuso.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8658 where following solution can be found:

gandrius wrote:

I suggest to use Automation instead of function HYPERLINK()

ShellExt Automation 'Microsoft Shell Controls And Automation'.Shell

and then enough to write few lines of code


CREATE(ShellExt);
ShellExt.Open("File Name");
CLEAR(ShellExt);

kriki

It is not necessary to use an automation.
You can also use HYPERLINK.

Marije_Brummel

HYPERLINK does not support all filetypes

kriki

Mark Brummel wrote:

HYPERLINK does not support all filetypes

Some examples of which filetypes it doesn't support?

Marije_Brummel

I think it was this

http://www.microsoft.com/Businesssoluti ... ttings.xml

But I remember reading more but I cannot find it anymore

garak

There are many Ways ....

the simplest

hyperlink(Directory + Document) ->

hyperlink('C:\Temp\' + '123.doc');

Tis starts the standard application for the fileexten. *.doc

Regards

erp-technical

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Thanks alot for all who joined to give the solution

Siva

Ravi_Thakkar

Hi all,

I have one problem.
I want to create one command button 'Open File'.
When I click on that it should display the attachment directly without exporting it to hdd.

Can i do the same? if yes then how? I dont have the file path. i have only File name, file size, file data, content type.

Please help me out

kriki

Create a file in the tempdirectory, write the info to it and then use HYPERLINK to run it.