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15-Sep-02
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			Author: William Gerbert 

Determine which application is associated with a specific file name extension

Answer:

To determine which application is associated with a specific file name extension 
you can look in the registry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

Easier is to use the Windows API function FindExecutable() - see the following 
example. The code shows the fully qualified associated application or the last 
error (using GetLastError).

1   program Project1;
2   
3   uses
4     Forms, Dialogs, ShellAPI, SysUtils, Windows;
5   
6   {$R *.RES}
7   
8   var
9     sApp: array[0..256] of char;
10  begin
11    // this should return something like c:\program files\office\excel.exe
12  
13    if FindExecutable('c:\temp\xxx.xls', nil, sApp) >= 32 then
14      ShowMessage(sApp)
15    else
16      ShowMessage(SysErrorMessage(GetLastError));
17  end.


			
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