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  • Use in service mode
  • Required application feature
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Opens a document in its associated application. The application is opened first, then the specified document.
Remarks:
  • The application used to open the document is the one associated with the extension of the document in Windows (INI file or registry). This associated application may differ according to the configurations used.
  • To display any page in a browser, you can also use BrowserRunApp.
Example
WINDEVUser code (UMC)
// Open the "Functions.doc" document in Word
ShellExecute("C:\WDNEWS\Version\Functions.doc")
// Print the document
ShellExecute("C:\WDNEWS\Version\Functions.doc", "print")
WINDEVUser code (UMC)
// Open a site in the default browser
ShellExecute("http://www.windev.com")
WINDEVUser code (UMC)
// Start the default messaging
ShellExecute("mailto:pcsoft@windev.com")
// Start the messaging with parameters
// Parameters recognized by Outlook
ShellExecute("mailto:pcsoft@windev.com" + ...
"?subject=Subject: LST &body=Text: the summary of the LST")
WINDEVUser code (UMC)
// Open the "Invoice.doc" document from its shortcut
ShellExecute("""C:\Documents and Settings\Julia\Desktop\Shortcut to Invoice.doc.lnk""")
Syntax
<Result> = ShellExecute(<File name> [, <Verb>])
<Result>: Boolean
  • if the document exists and if the associated application has been launched.
  • False otherwise.
Java Returns False if the application is run with a Java virtual machine (JRE) earlier than version 1.6.
<File name>: Character string
Name and full (or relative) path of the document to open. A UNC path can be used.
If space characters are found in the name or path of the document to open, the quotes found around this parameter must be tripled.
WINDEV This parameter can also correspond to a Windows shortcut.
Universal Windows 10 App Only the files found in the "appdata" directory can be handled. No Internet URL can be specified.
<Verb>: Optional character string
Verb that must be used to start the document. The verbs are defined for each application, to indicate the actions that can be performed. The most common verbs are open or print. If this parameter is not specified, the verb used will be the default verb for the type of document.
Universal Windows 10 AppJava This parameter is not available.
Remarks

Use in service mode

When ShellExecute is used in service mode, it runs the associated application but the interface of this application is not visible.
Universal Windows 10 App

Required application feature

When this function is used, an application feature is declared in the application generation wizard.
Required feature: Family and corporate networks
This feature allows the applications to use incoming and outgoing accesses to the family and corporate networks.
Business / UI classification: Neutral code
Component: wd290std.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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Last update: 04/03/2023

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