From:	Ken Foskey	Date:	Fri Apr 25 17:07:28 2008
Subject:	Re: Opening a File in its Native Application

On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 10:09 -0700, Lynn Etheredge wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to create a button on a web page that opens a file in
> it's application (ie. open a scientific file in it's native
> application).  My file does not have an extension and so I think it
> probably will not open automatically with the system("start docname")
> command.

The start by extension is a feature of the DOS shell.  You can start any
program that way.

    start myprog  filename

Ken