>Hi,
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>I had a query, if someone can help me out. I have VFP application which generates a .txt file to which some output is spooled.
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>After the file has been created, i want to open up this file in NOTEPAD from within the VFP application. I also want the contents to be read only, when the file is opened in Notepad.
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>Can someone help me on this. Urgently awaiting a response
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>Many Thx & Rgds,
>
>KB

There's probably neater ways of doing this, but the following should work :

RUN "attrib +r filename.txt"
RUN "notepad filename.txt"

Note - if the file is too big, then WordPad will be used. Is there a specific reason you need to display a readonly file with an editor ?