Thanks thanks, a very nice lesson again !! Feel quite sorry that I even never heard about this command for using windows after so many years...
Thousands thanks, Bee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Showalter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Bee'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 8:24 PM Subject: RE: Open file with default application software on Windows ? > Bee wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am curious to know that if that is an existed module to open files > > with it's default application just like I double click on the file > > with mouse. and I do something just like this with my code : > > > > use defaultOpen; > > defOpen 'C:\temp.gif' or die "$!" ; # Then the image will open with > > photoshop. > > defOpen 'C:\temp.doc' or die "$!" ; # then the document will open > > with Word. > > > > I've made this done by writting a batch like code.. but I sure that's > > unsafe and unportable. > > won't > > system "start temp.doc" > > do the trick? > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>