On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Brad Tompkins wrote: > Is there an easy way to make a python script that will launch an external > application for me ? I'm using Windows XP and I'm trying to create a little > front end that will launch the VLC media player for me.
In addition to Grant's approach, if your filetype (say "mpg") is already associated with VLC, you can use this: os.startfile('filename.mpg') _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor