win32api.ShellExecute howto?

Bill Tutt billtut at microsoft.com
Fri Jul 16 03:22:01 EDT 1999


You can use 0 as a HWND if you don't have one.

Bill

> From: Jeffrey Kunce [mailto:kuncej at mail.conservation.state.mo.us]
> 
> I'd like to use win32api.ShellExecute to open a 
> data file with its associated application. The help
> file says:
> 
> int = ShellExecute( hwnd, op , file , params , dir , bShow )
> 
> I think I understand all the parameters except:
> 
>    hwnd : int
>    The handle of the parent window.
> 
> If I am not running this from a pythonwin application, what
> do I use for hwnd and where do I get it?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>   --Jeff Kunce
> 
> 
> 
> 




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