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Re: BudApi & forcing wmv file to open in Windows Media Player

Subject: Re: BudApi & forcing wmv file to open in Windows Media Player
From: "alchemist" <unknown@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:07:15 +0200
Newsgroups: macromedia.director.basics

try:
open "fullPathToYour.wmv" with "explorer"

"temes" <webforumsuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:fpm54c$pmp$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'd like to know if it's possible to open a file with BudApi and force all 
> the
> wmv-files to open in Windows Media Player (even if the associated program 
> to
> open wmv-files is something else).
>
> I have had problems with opening videos when the associated program is
> something else than WMP. For example, wmv-files won't open when the 
> associated
> player is VLC Player (error code 31: There is no application associated 
> with
> the given filename). Same thing is when the vob-files are associated Nero
> Showtime. That's why I think the best way would be to force all these
> problematic video files to open with Windows Media Player.
> 



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