>Hi, all
>I have problem to open .txt file in notepad.
>this is a short code:
>
>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN "Shell32.dll" ;
> INTEGER hwnd, ;
> STRING lpVerb, ;
> STRING lpFile, ;
> STRING lpParameters, ;
> STRING lpDirectory, ;
> LONG nShowCmd
>lfile = "E:\MKTCONVERT\ExportStatus.txt"+chr(0)
>=ShellExecute(0,"open",lfile,"","",0)
>It 's not working
>When i replace txt file with .doc file it works.
>I tried this =ShellExecute(0,"open","notepad.exe","","",0) but it's not working
>I tried on different computer the same results.
>Thank you.

Alex,

It's probably working, but you can see it. The last parameter (0) is equivalent to SW_HIDE, which doesn't display the window. Try 1 (SW_NORMAL) or 9 (SW_RESTORE).