Humm. Most enlighting.
For my case the solution is clearly to have an initialization file. In
case the specified extension is not known then I'll prompt the user to
save the file and pass on the responsibility.
Txs everyone,
Miguel
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:37 PM, wrote:
>> Alan Gauld wrote:
>>>
>>> wrote
>>> If you do you can call it explicitly, but if you do not then you need to
>>> find a way of getting the OS to tell you, or to leave it to the OS.
>
> I'm interested in nthis for the sake of generalizing (which is bett
Dammit. Meant to send this over the list. Sorry, Alan.
On Di, 2009-11-17 at 21:33 +, Alan Gauld wrote:
> Unices, like Linux have file association tables - but these
> are often associated with the desktop environment - KDE, Gnome etc.
> Finally for text files you should check the EDITOR and V
wrote
If you do you can call it explicitly, but if you do not then you
need to find a way of getting the OS to tell you, or to leave it to
the OS.
I'm interested in nthis for the sake of generalizing (which is
better). How can I get the OS to tell me which program to use.
alternatively,
Alan Gauld wrote:
wrote
Yes. My program knows. A database column stores the complete file
name (including extension), and I can be certain the applications
will be available to run the file.
You still haven't answered the question.
We have established that
a) The OS knows what program i
mj...@iol.pt wrote:
da...@ieee.org wrote:
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mj...@iol.pt wrote:
da...@ieee.org wrote:
mj...@iol.pt wrote:
I'm
wondering if I must save a file to memory before opening it. By
opening I mean displaying it to the user.
I have
wrote
You forgot to answer the question. You say "The OS knows how to
open". Does *your* *program* know what program is needed, to open
this particular binary data?
Yes. My program knows. A database column stores the complete file name
(including extension), and I can be certain the app
da...@ieee.org wrote:
(You forgot to send this message to the list, so I'm forwarding it)
mj...@iol.pt wrote:
da...@ieee.org wrote:
mj...@iol.pt wrote:
I'm
wondering if I must save a file to memory before opening it. By
opening I mean displaying it to the user.
I have a BLOB field in a db
(You forgot to send this message to the list, so I'm forwarding it)
mj...@iol.pt wrote:
da...@ieee.org wrote:
mj...@iol.pt wrote:
I'm
wondering if I must save a file to memory before opening it. By
opening I mean displaying it to the user.
I have a BLOB field in a db and I have managed to re
da...@ieee.org wrote:
mj...@iol.pt wrote:
I'm
wondering if I must
save a file to memory before opening it. By opening I mean displaying
it to the user.
I have a BLOB field in a db and I have managed to read the blob into a binary
fileobject. I've also managed to write it to disk and then I o
mj...@iol.pt wrote:
I'm
wondering if I must save a file to memory before opening it. By
opening I mean displaying it to the user.
I have a BLOB field in a db and I have managed to read the blob into a
binary fileobject. I've also managed to write it to disk and then I
open it by doubleclic
I'm wondering if I must save a file to memory before opening it. By
opening I mean displaying it to the user.
I have a BLOB field in a db and I have managed to read the blob into a
binary fileobject. I've also managed to write it to disk and then I
open it by doubleclicking on it. But I was
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