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While that wasn't what exactly I wanted to do, it did show me the answer - 
Thanks!

SW_SHOW is needed as the last param, despite the BCB online help stating "If 
lpFile specifies a document file, nShowCmd should be zero."

This param is passed to the application - many ignore it,or accept zero - 
but NOT notepad.

 - Roddy

"Ali" <ali_info@hotpop.com> wrote in message 
news:42931759@newsgroups.borland.com...
>   AnsiString MyStr;
>     MyStr="NOTEPAD.EXE";
>     ShellExecute(NULL,
>                         NULL,
>                         MyStr.c_str(),
>                         NULL,
>                         NULL,
>                         SW_SHOW
>                        );
>
> ----------------------------------------
> "Roddy Pratt" <roddy at spam fritter dot com> wrote in message
> news:4292fa85$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>> 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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