Execute files from Navision

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Is there any possibility to execute variable files form Navision?
For example: i have a form looking like the windows explorer where i can select a file. with a push on an ‘open-button’ i want to execute the file like a doubleclick in windows. when i select a .wav file, the system should run the mediaplayer or if i select a .mp3 file it should run winamp…
(I know the path and the Filename to execute)

is there any possibility to realize this whitout hardcoding the programms for each filetype?

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You can use HYPERLINK.

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But with Hyperlink I have to create a Shell for each Programm and that is what I want to avoid.

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What do you mean with creating a “Shell”?
HYPERLINK(‘c:\subdir\file.xls’); checks in Windows to which .exe it is connected and then runs that .exe.