Opening a File to view

[hrcap]

Hi Guys

I hope that everyone is well.

Probably quite a simple one bu I cant find anything on it.

If I have a file on e.g. my desktop and the path to the file is in e.g. t_path how do I open that file...

so for example if t_path was a Microsoft Word document how do I get the file to open in Microsoft Word

or if the file was an iCal (.ics) file how do I open it so it displays in Calendar.


.... in layman's terms I want to achieve the same as when I double click on the file on my desktop.


Many Thanks

[SparkOut]

If I have understood correctly, I think you will want to investigate

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launch (t_path)
--or
launch document (t_path)

[richmond62]

Let me guess . . .

. . . you are trying to write a file browser in LiveCode ?

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Aren't we talking about the "open file" command?

Craig

[hrcap]

Hi Guys

Thank you very much, I had tried Open File, and Launch, hence why I was a a bit stuck... I've just tried your suggestions of Launch Document and that works perfectly thank you.

Its for a booking system, once the date is booked into the system it will then give the option to add the entry to the users Calendar on their computer.


Many Thanks

Hadleigh