shellexecute does not support opening attachments in Microsoft Outlook. What does?

Can you give a little more information (i.e. what type of attachment are you trying to open, where is attachment 'attached' to? outlook message?

in general, your system setting will dictate what application 'handles' certain attachment types...

Thanks for replying.

It's a custom file type (.eof extension). I have registered the .eof extension to open with the application. The files are located on a network server and when modified an email with an attachment, which is a link to the network .eof file, is sent out. The persons receiving the email double click on the attachment in Outlook and open the file (.eof). Now everything works OK if the link to the attachment is dragged to the desktop but when the Outlook attachment is double clicked the address returned is in the temporary folder on the local drive (where Outlook stores attachments). So I think I am looking for an API call that gives the actual network path to the .eof file rather than the temporary storage location.

This link was crucial

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=170918

jake

Have you tried putting the actual link into the body of the message instead of atttaching it?

Yup, the link text is there.

I think what I really want to do is to find out what windows does with the %1 when the default 'Open' action is taken on a double click on a shortcut, file or link. That way I could control how my application responds

Thanks for your help