I have an HTML file C:\Program Files\my_html_files\file.html. How do I open this file using VBScript? (By "open" I mean open it with the default application, as if it was double-clicked in Explorer.)
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The following VBScript code does the equivalent of double clicking on the file.html and having the default open command occur for that file:
Dim wshShell
Set wshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
wshShell.Run """C:\Program Files\my_html_files\file.html"""
If you want to get really tricksy you can omit the variable declaration and write it in one line of code:
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run """C:\Program Files\my_html_files\file.html"""
N.B. Strings may require to be enquoted to handle paths containing spaces. This can be done using the Chr(34) suggestion by @aland or as I've done in my code examples.
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aland
You'll need to wrap the path with Chr(34) if there's spaces, e.g. wshShell.Run Chr(34) & "C:\Program Files\my_html_files\file.html" & Chr(34)
Do you mean open the file in Internet Explorer?
Dim objIE
'' Create an IE object
Set objIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
'' Open file
objIE.Navigate "C:\Program Files\my_html_files\file.html"
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You can use this
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run Chr(34) & "C:\Program Files\my_html_files\file.html" & Chr(34)
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Ekkehard.Horner
There is a & missing. Both upvoter should be ashamed.
You can use the File System Object like this:
Set FSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set iFile = FSO.OpenTextFile ("C:\Program Files\my_html_files\file.html")
Data = iFile.ReadAll
MsgBox(Data)
iFile.Close
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lidia
It not good I need the action as double click on the file.html Your script not display the real file.html