[RESOLVED] [2008] Copy file to local machine and allow it to open

[szlamany]

We have an app that tracks .DOC and .PDF files (and possibly other file extensions). It stores copies of them on a network share.

I want to give the ability to the user to allow them to click the file in a listview, for example, and have that file open in WORD or ADOBE or whatever program is associated with that file type.

How would I go about this?

And how about allowing them to click a "hyperlink" in some textbox, for instance, and have that open in IE?

[Bulldog]

Use the appropriate event from the ListView to work out which file was clicked and you can open a file of whatever type using;

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(FileName)

Instead of specifying a FileName above, this field can also be a web link. You should not force IE, since that may not be the users preferred browser. If you start a process as above with a URL present, it will open the users default browser.

If you want to display some links, a LinkLabel would be better than a TextBox.

[szlamany]

That worked great so far - thanks!

[szlamany]

If you want to display some links, a LinkLabel would be better than a TextBox.

They are textboxes right now because they are bound to dataadapters for maintenance. They don't want "click" to cause them to open - they haven't really told me what key press they prefer yet