Opening files from VB

[The Evil Eye]

I am having a bit of a problem.
I was wondering how one could use a VB program to open files of different types. General? I know.
More specifically, I was wanting to present different files to the user within a VB form and allow them to open each when the user clicks them.
Say the user clicks an MP3 file. Can I make it then run that file in the default mp3 player? Or any other sort of file.

Thanks in advance all.
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[Megatron]

To open a file with its default App, use the ShellExecute API.

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
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    
    ShellExecute hwnd, "open", "C:\MyFile", "", "", 1
    
End Sub

To open a file in a specific App, use VB's Shell method, and pass the filename as the command line argument.

Shell "C:\MyApp C:\MyFile", 1

[The Evil Eye]

let me know if i'm becoming a nuacance again, but how would you get the path of a file in a file list box in th the

ShellExecute hwnd, "open", "C:\MyFile", "", "", 1

when the item in the listbox is double clicked?

[Matthew Gates]

Double clicked or when it is clicked once.

Private Sub List1_DblClick()
    ShellExecute hwnd, "open", List1.List(List1.ListIndex), "", "", 1 
  'or ShellExecute hwnd, "open", List1.Text, "", "", 1 
End Sub