FAQ #8134 will open any document with its default program. In the case of .TXT files, this might be NotePad on one computer, and PFE on another, for instance.
(Programmer's File Editor is a great substitute for NotePad, and it is free.)
>Hi,
>
>I would like to be able to open up a text file from a VFP 7 form. I'm able to do so using this code:
>
>
>LOCAL lcFile
>
>lcFile = THIS.txtResults.Value
>
>IF !EMPTY(lcFile) AND FILE(lcFile) AND UPPER(JUSTEXT(lcFile)) == "TXT"
> lcFile = "notepad " + lcFile
> RUN &lcFile
>ENDIF
>
>
>However, when the above code is run you get the text file opened in notepad but you can see a DOS window in the background until you close the file. Is there any way you can do this without showing the DOS window?
>
>Thanks,
>Chris
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
