shellExecute and Notepad wierdness..

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From: Roddy Pratt
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 09:57

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I'm using ShellExecute to open a document specified by the user, from BCB5 
on XP SP2

It works fine for most file types (eg spreadsheets, PDFs) and URLs.

But, when I try it with a .txt file, 'nothing obvious happens'. ShellExecute 
returns 42 which is not an error code.

When I check in the task manager, there's a now a notepad.exe *process* 
shown, but NOT a notepad application!

.txt files open fine with notepad from the desktop, either by doubleclicking 
or selecting 'open'.

I'm confused!

 - Roddy


  int err = (int) 
ShellExecute(Application->MainForm->Handle,"open",docname.c_str(),(params == 
"")? NULL:params.c_str(), NULL,0);
  if (err <= 32)
    ...

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