MATLAB Function Reference

winopen - Open file in appropriate application (Windows^®)

Syntax

winopen(filename)

Description

winopen(filename) opens filename in the appropriate Microsoft^® Windows application. The filename input is a string enclosed in single quotes. The winopen function uses the appropriate Windows shell command, and performs the same action as if you double-click the file in the Windows Explorer program. If filename is not in the current directory, specify the absolute path for filename.

Examples

Open the file thesis.doc, located in the current directory, in the Microsoft Word program:

winopen('thesis.doc')

Open myresults.html in your system's default Web browser:

winopen('D:/myfiles/myresults.html')

See Also

dos, open, web

wilkinson

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