[RESOLVED] Open multiple files into MDI application from Windows Explorer
Is it possible to select a number of files in windows explorer that have a common associated extension and have them all open into a single MDI application?
Currently each of the files opens into a seperate instance of the application.
Edit: forgot to mention that the application is built in VB6 if that makes any difference.
Re: Open multiple files into MDI application from Windows Explorer
What kind of file are we talking about here?
Re: Open multiple files into MDI application from Windows Explorer
Hi dee-u.
They are just a text files with extensions that have an association with the app.
Re: Open multiple files into MDI application from Windows Explorer
I'd think they can be fitted with an MDI or perhaps using one form where you could just instantiate per file...
Re: Open multiple files into MDI application from Windows Explorer
I found this page which seems to be in the right direction but it's all new to me.
Somehow I need to tell the existing instance the path of the new txt file and ask it to load it somehow.
Anyone with experience in doing this?
Re: Open multiple files into MDI application from Windows Explorer
Sorry. The answer seems to be there.
Checking for a prev instance.
"Poking" the new filename into a textbox in the prev instance which has a .change event to trigger a new form.
Closing the new instance.