How do I open a file using it's associated program in IE?

[lawreen]

Is there a way to open a file in IE using it's associated program .... for e.g. ... I can open a Word document easily in IE but how do I open other types of files?

[monte96]

Unfortunately, you don't have much control over this. IE does this automatically. Anything kind of document that can be viewed in a container like the office docs, acrobat files, etc.. will be displayed in IE automatically if the user has the application installed.

[lawreen]

Is there a Shell equivalent in VBScript as in VB?

[alex_read]

The only way is to add a reference to the FileSystemObject and use that to open a program

[lawreen]

What is the syntax for that?

[JoshT]

Is there a Shell equivalent in VBScript as in VB?

There is, the "Shell" statement is part of vbscript, but it won't work through IE as that would be a huge security hole.