Launching and viewing Notepad Docs from Application

[Eduofon]

Need help urgently. Please how can I launch and view a Text document in Notepad on the click of a button. Thanks don't want to have to use any forms or controls to read out the file and display it first.

Thanks

 

[TomKane]

You can use the Shell command. If you do a search in the forum for Shell I'm sure you'll find loads of examples.

Hope it helps,
Tom

 

[Eduofon]

The shell command only works for exe's. My project doesn't recognize The ShellExecute command, so what do I do?

 

[CajunCenturion]

Couple of things - Notepad is an exe so you can use the Shell command to execute notepad.

Second, ShellExecute is not a VB command, but rather is an API call, therefore, the function must be declared, usually in a module.

Public Declare Function ShellExecute _
                Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
               (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
                ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, _
                ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) _
As Long

Good Luck
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[Eduofon]

Thanks one more thing, please what's the long variable for the constant SW_SHOWNORM. Thanks

 

[Eduofon]

Alright, thanks for everything. sorted it out.