How can I open a file with a different app?

[bret10]

Heres the scenario...

I want to have FM open an image file with a photoshop droplet.exe for processing.

The Send Event Script seems to only allow opening of a file OR an application. I want both, open a specific file with a specific app. how do I set this up?

More background... the container field with FM 8 creates only references to the file or adds the entire file. both options are extremely slow for an image archive. as referenced images take forever to load across a network. especially when I list multiple (5 or more) So I want to set up a Photoshop droplet to accept the file, resize it, copy to clipboard. and finally have FM paste into container, as a smaller +/-20kb thumbnail.

Sorry if this topic is in the wrong area, I could not find a Send Event thread.

[Fitch]

In Windows you can set the default app in a file's properties and specify that all files of that type open with your selected app. Not a great solution, but otherwise possibly a vbscript could do it; I know AppleScript could do it on a Mac.

This sounds like a perfect application for SuperContainer. It creates thumbnails on the fly and many other slick tricks.

[bret10]

SuperContainer only supports FM 8.5. I have FM 8. could anybody help me with a VB script as to how I would do this?