Trigger External App

rbuser

I would like to have my report generate a text file and then trigger an
external application, passing it the text file name. Is that possible?
Todd

nicocizik

Hi Todd,

You could perhaps use the Report.AfterPrint event to call the Windows API
function ShellExecute method if you want to maybe open the text file in
notepad after it has been exported. See the ShellExecute topic in the
Windows API help for more information.

The PDF Device in RB 9.02 uses the ShellExecute method to open PDF files
automatically once they have been created. If you would like to see how
this method is used, take a look at the TppPDFDevice.ShellExec routine
located in the ppPDFDevice.pas file.

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