[Gambas-user] .Run() method of DesktopFile Class... How to ?

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 09/01/2014 14:23, Ru Vuott a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I wrote this simple code to try DesktopFile.Run() method:
>
> **************************************
> Private pr As Process
>
>
> Public Sub Form_Open()
>
>    Dim df As DesktopFile
>
>
>     With df = New DesktopFile("/path/of/my/file.wav")
>       pr = .Run("totem")
>     End With
>
> End
> ************************************
>
> So, I thought that, starting the application, it played also wav file.
> Instead, the application did not played the wav file.
>
> Perhaps the code should be written differently?
>
> Regards
> vuott
>

A desktop file is a file with the *.desktop extension following the 
format described on freedesktop.org. A *.wav file is not a desktop file.

Here is what to do:

1) Get the mime type of the file with DesktopMime.FromFile() -> String

2) Get the list of programs that are associated with that file with 
DesktopFile.FromMime() -> DesktopFile[].

3) Choose a program among the array of DesktopFile returned by 
DesktopFile.FromMime().

4) Run the program with hDesktopFile.Run(sPath).

Otherwise, a faster but less clever way of opening a file is using 
Desktop.Open().

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini