Re: Open a file with standard application from dialog

Volker,

I uses for years a "handmade" picker dialog who shows in the left 
preview the content off all grahic files , PDF, txt and al Opendocument 
types.

I can send you the code in Basic, just says where to drop

Fernand
> I have a file picker as a dialog control. The file name is to be used 
> as part of a URL text field in Calc.
>
> I'd like to have a quick look at the file content from within the 
> dialog (some command button) to avoid mistakes. But the file can be of 
> any sort (graphic, text, pdf, OpenDocument ...).
>
> How can I open it with the graphical systems' standard application. I 
> couldn't find a solution. It should work for Linux (openSUSE 11.3, KDE 
> 4.4.4) and if possible for Windows (XP or Vista), too.
>
> I think it must be via some shell command as I find with my 
> OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 (original version) that any links in OOo other 
> than to OOo files are opened with the standard _browser_ (bug?).
>
> Or is it a KDE (Windows ...) question?
>
> Regards
> Volker
>
>
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