> Salut, > > found today a very important command (for me) : xdg-open > > use : xdg-open <path/to/file/>file > > I'v tested on Ubuntu and Mandriva (gnom and kde). > That saves a lot of coding and entries in config-files This is what Desktop.Open() uses in Gambas to open files in a desktop- independent way. Regards, -- Benoît Minisini