Re: [wxperl-users] Launching via associated file extension

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> Mattia wrote:
> 
> >> In short, the user needs to select "file.ext" and have it run.
> 
> >You could use wxMimeTypesManager, if it were wrapped. I may try to
> wrap it
> >for 0.11 ( since wxWindows 2.3.3 may be released later than mind-may,
> sigh... ),
> >but no promises. If I do it, I'll notify you.
> 
> Thanks, at least I know how it should work now.
> But, why doesn't just a Shell launch work?
I don't know, it sould; BTW I am not sure that is "start foo.jpg" fails,
wxMimeTypesManager will work.

> - Btw, I went through all the 0.11 demos, and "Threads" crashes. I
> guess it's not ready yet?
> Or one's Perl needs to be compiled differently?
> Isn't threading a limitation of Perl on Windows?
It requires Perl 5.7.3 or better; In the release it will be available only
if $] >= 5.007003

Regards
Mattia