open file or container with another program

[mallikai]

i have a database of jpeg images which I have placed in container fields along with their pathnames in another field (path)

I would like to be able to open any particular field path value with quicktime...

I have tried every script command from send message, to dde execute, to go to field, select/perform and I have not been able to get it to work...

The only thing i have been able to do is open url but that opens the path with either internet explorer or windows picture viewer...

5 computers with windows xp, windows nt, and mac osx...(fmpro 5.5)

i'm looking for any working examples with the dde execute command because i can't find info on it (other than from 1998 on the tech info database nor web search)...

thanks

[falkaholic]

Using the OpenURL script step on the pathnames should do the trick. You'll also have to set each computer to use Quicktime instead of the default for jpeg.