FileLaunch(filePath As String) As Boolean

Opens a file in its default application.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
filePath	String	The full path to the file to be opened.
fileName	String	The full name for the new file to be created, including extension.

Returns:

Type	Value	Description
String	pathToNewFile	The new file is created in a subfolder of the application data temp folder. The full path to this file is returned by the function. If any error occurred, then an empty string is returned.

Available in:

WindowMain	WindowLink
YES	YES

Used in:

XojoScript Name	GUID
Create Seminar Invoice with Word	31EB5A79-78E5-4A8C-9101-5B118F113AB4
Create Seminar Reminder Invoice	A3DD8BD9-6141-44A1-AA82-5A2C78042209

Hint: You can find references to XojoScripts which make use of this function by sending the following SQL statement to the database:

Select id,GUID, ScriptName,ScriptCode from im_scripts where ScriptCode Like '%FileLaunch%'

Example XojoScript:

// Start Word and create a new template based document

Dim template As String = "imSeminarInvoice.doc"

Dim p1 As String = FileNew(template,"newinvoice.doc")

If p1 <> "" Then

Call FileLaunch(p1) // Open File in Word

Else

MsgBox("Invoice file could not be created!")

Return

End If