running m3u's with VB6

[Rolo]

why hello there...

ok small question: im making a program that i can use to easily open other programs and music playlists, and i was wondering:

how do you open an m3u file from a visual basic program?
i can shell EXEs, but for some reason it wont let me for a playlist...
any suggestions?

[penagate]

If there is a program associated with .m3u files you can use ShellExecute to open it using that program.

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
  (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
   ByVal lpOperation As String, _
   ByVal lpFile As String, _
   ByVal lpParameters As String, _
   ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
   ByVal nShowCmd As Long) _
  As Long
  
'Open the .m3u file, needs to be placed in a form or UserControl
ShellExecute Me.hWnd, "open", [FilePath], vbNullString, "C:\", 0&

[jeroen79]

You could also try to call the .exe that has to open the file with the filepath as a commandline parameter.
Like: "c:\winamp\winamp.exe songs.m3u"

[Rolo]

much appreciated