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   AnsiString MyStr;
     MyStr="NOTEPAD.EXE";
     ShellExecute(NULL,
                         NULL,
                         MyStr.c_str(),
                         NULL,
                         NULL,
                         SW_SHOW
                        );

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"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)
>     ...
>
>