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Old August 27th, 2005, 12:58 PM
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does anyone know how to program a double click on a file shortcut and then open that file in a vb 6 application?

the windows file associations have been set?

I cannot pass the path of the file to the application
 
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read through the pages in the beginner's forum (shows the paucity of my knowledge) and found the answer.

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

it's bloomin magic





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