>>>>> "Bo" == Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bo> One problem with the rc approach is that re-configuration is Bo> required whenever users change a filetype association. Not if you use "start" as viewer of any file that is supported by windows (the problem is to discover that). Bo> Also, opening a file with its associated application is quite easy Bo> under windows. (There are APIs.) Could you point us to the API? I found ShellExecute, but I did not find a way to tell whether a file format is handled. JMarc
