>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

If you want it simple you can just include the /n parameter in the run command

 RUN /n &lcFile

But I would suggest you use the ShellExecute command

    DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN SHELL32 ;
            INTEGER hwnd, ;
            STRING  Operation, ;
            STRING  File, ;
            STRING  Para, ;
            STRING  Direct, ;
            INTEGER Show
lcFile = THIS.txtResults.Value
=ShellExecute(0, 'Open', lcFile,'','',5)