Try the following...
//Global External Function Declaration
FUNCTION long ShellExecuteA( ulong hWnd, string Operation, string lpFile, string lpParameters, string lpDirectory, int nShowCmd ) LIBRARY "shell32.dll" Alias for "ShellExecuteA;Ansi"
global function integer f_execute (string as_filename); /***********************************************************
This can be a zip, doc, xls, or any other windows registered file extension
and it will open it in it's native application WITHOUT sourcing the hosting application.
JUST LIKE START | RUN | path\to\any.pdf <enter> !!!
************************************************************/
Long ll_rc
String ls_null
SetNull( ls_null )
ll_rc = ShellExecuteA (0, "open", as_filename + CharA(0), ls_null, ls_null, 1)
IF ll_rc > 32 THEN // 0 - 32 are OS error codes
RETURN 1
ELSE
RETURN -1
END IF
end function
