Henry:

No. Neither NotePad nor WordPad are COM servers as MSWord is. Therefore they do not have an "object model" to refer to an you cannot control them through COM.

If all you want is a simple text editor (and Notepad is "simple" to put it nicely :), you can create a form with an edit box in VFP. You can save the text in a Memo field or in an external TXT file.



>Hi,
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>Is there a way to create a Notepad object ? I would like to open Notepad and show text. The next call to Notepad should use the same instance and just replace the text. I know you can make an object that references Word.Application. Can the same be done with Notepad ? If so, where can I get a list of the available commands/methods in Notepad ?
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>If not Notepad, how about WordPad ? For my use, Word would be to much.
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>Thanks
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>Henry