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If the return value is greater than 32, the ShellExecute call was successfully executed. Otherwise, check for one of these constants:
ERROR_SUCCESS
The operating system is out of memory or resources.
ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
The specified file was not found.
ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND
The specified path was not found.
ERROR_BAD_FORMAT
The .exe file is invalid (non-Microsoft Win32 .exe or error in .exe image).
SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED
The operating system denied access to the specified file.
SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE
The file name association is incomplete or invalid.
SE_ERR_DDEBUSY
The Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) transaction could not be completed because other DDE transactions were being processed.
SE_ERR_DDEFAIL
The DDE transaction failed.
SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT
The DDE transaction could not be completed because the request timed out.
SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND
The specified dynamic-link library (DLL) was not found.
SE_ERR_FNF
The specified file was not found.
SE_ERR_NOASSOC
There is no application associated with the given file name extension. This error will also be returned if you attempt to print a file that is not printable.
SE_ERR_OOM
There was not enough memory to complete the operation.
SE_ERR_PNF
The specified path was not found.
SE_ERR_SHARE
A sharing violation occurred.
Notes:
None.
Tips & Tricks:
Possible values for lpOperation
edit
explore
find
open
print
NULL - Performs the default action (prior to Win2k) normally open
Sample Code:
// Asks default mail client to send an email to the specified address.
ShellExecute( IntPtr.Zero, "open", "mailto:support@microsoft.com", "", "", 4 );
// Asks default browser to visit the specified site.
ShellExecute( IntPtr.Zero, "open", "http://channel9.msdn.com", "", "", 4 );
// Opens default HTML editing app to allow for edit of specified file
ShellExecute( IntPtr.Zero, "edit", @"c:\file.html", "", "", 4 );
//Modified by Aljaz: Replaced the last zero in these calls with 4 otherwise it wouldn't show anything
// 0 stands for SW_HIDE contant, which means execute but don't show the window which is probably not
// what we want.
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Performs an operation on a specified file.
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