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double clicking filename in custom window #220966 04/05/10 08:15 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 106 L lerpicus OP Vogon poet
OP lerpicus Vogon poet L Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 106	I have a list of files with different extensions in a custom window. Using a menu I can grab the filename and use /run to view the file e.g. Code: menu @window { dclick: { %file = $line(@window,$1,1) viewfile %file } The viewfile alias could become quite long if I have to accommodate every file extension registered on the computer. Code: alias viewfile { %extension = $gettok($1,2,46) if %extension == txt { run notepad.exe $1 } if %extension == jpg { run thumbsplus.exe $1 } if %extension == mp3 { run winamp.exe $1 } etc etc } I would like to be able to doubleclick the file and have mirc invoke the correct program for viewing/playing/editing the file. Any hints? Regard the code above as pseudocode. I haven't tested it, but I hope you get the picture. Cheers - Just because it never happened doesn't mean it isn't true.

Re: double clicking filename in custom window lerpicus #220967 04/05/10 08:44 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 933 5 5618 Hoopy frood
5618 Hoopy frood 5 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 933	As long as the file type extension is associated - in Windows - with the program you want to use then you can just use /run $1

Re: double clicking filename in custom window 5618 #221003 04/05/10 11:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 106 L lerpicus OP Vogon poet
OP lerpicus Vogon poet L Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 106	hmmm .. but I don't want to use /run Quote: The viewfile alias could become quite long if I have to accommodate every file extension registered on the computer. And what if the user of my script has a file association on her computer I know nothing about? - Just because it never happened doesn't mean it isn't true.

Re: double clicking filename in custom window lerpicus #221004 05/05/10 12:15 AM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,559 Germany H Horstl Hoopy frood
Horstl Hoopy frood H Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,559 Germany	Quote: I would like to be able to doubleclick the file and have mirc invoke the correct program for viewing/playing/editing the file. To me, the only "correct" program is the app associated with the file extension - /run <file> Quote: And what if the user of my script has a file association on her computer I know nothing about? That is why you should not specify an app for /run, isn't it? Why exactly do you dislike using /run <file>?

Re: double clicking filename in custom window lerpicus #221006 05/05/10 01:13 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	Like Horstl said, you just type /run filename.ext . You don't have to specify the program to open it in. It will automatically open in whatever program the user has set up for that extension. If one person has .txt open in notepad and another has .txt open in wordpad, then /run will open text files in the program that they have selected. You can just get rid of your alias and use the following: run $line(@window,$1,1) Though I would probably recommend using $qt() to handle any potential issues with spaces. run $qt($line(@window,$1,1)) Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

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