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  1. 05-14-2011 02:22 AM #1
    Lennie
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    VBNET2008 Validate File Extension

    Hullo Good Friends,
    I need your help. Please help me.
    I am using VBNET2008 to develop Window application and I encounter coding problem as I don't know how to write the coding to check the File Extension.
    Example of File name Sales.XLS. I want to check and confirm that the extension .xls exist

    Please share with me the coding to validate and check the extension.
    Thank You for your help
    Cheers,
    Lennie
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  3. 05-14-2011 07:26 PM #3
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    If you are trying to find out if a particular extension has a Registered application assigned to it, then you need to check the registry. The following link has a VB.Net routine that looks up the Registered Application for a particular extension.

    http://windevblog.blogspot.com/2008/...indows-xp.html
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