How can I start Notepad?

[riccy]

Hello,

if I want to launch Word I have to write

Set Application=CreateObject("Word.Application&quot

What a object do I have to create whether I want to start Notepad? Thanx a lot...

 

[dilettante]

From the WSH 5.6 Help file:

The following VBScript code opens a copy of the currently running script with Notepad.

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "%windir%\notepad " & WScript.ScriptFullName

The following VBScript code does the same thing, except it specifies the window type, waits for Notepad to be shut down by the user, and saves the error code returned from Notepad when it is shut down.

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Return = WshShell.Run("notepad " & WScript.ScriptFullName, 1, true)

Aside from this there isn't a lot you can do as far as I know. Notepad isn't a COM server of any sort and doesn't expose an automation interface the way Office programs do.

Maybe this is enough?

 

[JohnYingling]

In VB I just
Shell "NOTEPAD " & strFilename, vbNormalNoFocus
The OS "knows" where Notepad is.

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[dilettante]

Ain't that what I said? ;-)