How to openfile an existing file in notepad 1

[peebman2000]

Hey guys, i'm trying to create a button in my app to open a text file from the c: drive in notepad. I'm getting errors with the code I found below. Does anyone know how this code I found works?

Protected Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Dim filename As String = "C:/newfile.txt"
Dim open As New OpenFileDialog()
open.ShowDialog()
filename = open.FileName()

process.start("notepad.exe", filename)

End Sub

 

[earthandfire]

It works fine for me!!


Hope this helps.

 

[ThatRickGuy]

Try this FAQ: faq796-5569

It should open the .txt file in what ever the default text editor is set to.

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[peebman2000]

For some reason I'm getting errors 1. " type 'openfiledialog' is not defined. 2. Name 'process' is not declared. I'm importing system.io, I don't know why i'm getting errors and its not working for me. Any other suggestions.

 

[mansii]

Works for me, too (VS 2003).

But since you set the filename to "C:/newfile.txt", why would you show the openfiledialog?

Another suspect is the "open" object name. It might be a (hidden) reserved word.
In addition (not sure about this), try adding:
Imports System.Windows.Forms.FileDialog

 

[peebman2000]

I commented out the show opefile dialog, it now says Process is not declared as my error. I tried importing windows.dorms.filedialog and I get another error. I don't know, any other suggestion on how to open an existing text file in notepad?

 

[earthandfire]

I know you said that you were importing System.IO, but try:

[tt]
System.IO.Process.Start("notepad.exe", filename)
[/tt]

by the way I think you should also change [tt]"C:/newfile.txt"[/tt] to [tt]"C:\newfile.txt"[/tt]


Hope this helps.

 

[peebman2000]

Hey guys thanks for the all the help and suggestions, but I got it. I found some other code online and it worked. I imported System.diagnostic.Process. It opens my file in notepad. Earthandfire you had a good Idea. Thanks again.

Protected Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click ' button to open converted file
Dim filename As String = "C:/newfile.txt"

'Dim open As New OpenFileDialog()
'open.ShowDialog()
'filename = open.FileName()
'call("notepad.exe",filename)
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("notepad.exe", filename)

End Sub

 

[earthandfire]

Sorry, my mistake. You are right, it is System.Diagnostics, not System.IO. Glad you sorted it though.