Haven't done this in many years and have no clue where the old code is, but what you want to look at are Delphi OLE Automation Servers. Here's a starting point: http://delphi.about.com/od/kbcontrolole/ss/word_automation.htm I believe it is addressed in serveral of the old standard Delphi books, (Calvert, etc.), so you might want to start there for whole coding examples.
Jerry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Meek Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 6:11 AM To: delphi@elists.org Subject: Help w/Registered File Types Morning all, I have an urgent need that I hope someone here can help me figure out how to handle, involving how to find out the full path and filename of an application via it being the registered file type for a selected data file! In my application, the user selects a data file, for example a .doc file which on most systems will be registered to open with Microsoft Word. How can my application find out if it has a registered application, what its registered application is, and return the path and filename of it to the user without actually launching the data file? Thanx in advance for any help! from Robert Meek dba "Tangentals Design" e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
