In windows 7 I?m trying to open a word document with the uses windows and shellExecute (lazarus 0.29 fpc 2.5.1)

That work:

ShellExecute(0, nil, PChar('C: \abc.doc'),nil,nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL);

But that not work:

ShellExecute(0, nil, PChar('C: \abc?.doc'),nil,nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL); (take a look at the final ?)

Anybody knows why and/or how can I execute that?

Thanks

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2009/12/18 Manuel Galeote :

You should use ShellExecuteW():

ShellExecuteW(0, nil, UTF8toUTF16('C:\abc?.doc'),nil,nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL)

I assume your string is in utf8. If not convert it to UTF16 somehow.

Yes, it works. Thank you.

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The language of my operating system is Spanish (accent, ?, ) and in fact,
the following:

..

Archivo= AnsiToUtf8(Directory) + AnsiToUtf8(SearchRec.Name); //This is from
a routine that runs through a directory looking for files.

Works perfectly with this.

ShellExecuteW(0, nil,
PWideChar(UTF8toUTF16(?archivo?)),nil,nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL) //works with any character

Or

ShellExecuteW(0, 'open',
PWideChar(UTF8toUTF16(archivo)),nil,nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL) //works with any character too

..

Thanks.

De: bobby [mailto:]
Enviado el: viernes, 18 de diciembre de 2009 22:47 Para: Lazarus mailing list
Asunto: Re: [Lazarus] ShellExecute

Manuel Galeote wrote:

In windows 7 I?m trying to open a word document with the uses windows and shellExecute (lazarus 0.29 fpc 2.5.1)

That work:

ShellExecute(0, nil, PChar('C: \abc.doc'),nil,nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL);

But that not work:

ShellExecute(0, nil, PChar('C: \abc?.doc'),nil,nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL); (take a look at the final ?)

Anybody knows why and/or how can I execute that?

Thanks

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