[wxPython-users] RE: How to open an explorer window?

[Chris Mellon]

On 8/1/07, Mike Driscoll <mdriscoll at co.marshall.ia.us> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Dailey [mailto:rcdailey at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:51 PM
> > To: wxPython
> > Subject: How to open an explorer window?
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I currently use wxPython on windows. Is there a way to make
> > an explorer window open up, displaying the directory that
> > contains a file? For example, if I have the path
> > "C:\myfolder\subfolder\file.txt", I want to pass this path
> > into a function that opens up an explorer window at the
> > folder "C:\myfolder\subfolder\" with the file " file.txt"
> > highlighted. Is this possible? I'm not sure if this is a
> > wxPython ability or if the python libraries support this.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
>
> This probably isn't a wxPython thing. I don't know if you can select a
> file, but do open Windows Explorer to a specific directory, all you need
> to do is use the subprocess module's Popen method.
>
> subprocess.Popen('explorer c:\\some\\path')
>
> I suppose you could use SendKeys to select a text file, but that's pretty
> hackish.
>
> Mike
>

subprocess.Popen('explorer /select,c:\\path\\to\\file.py')