Opening files in Notepad

marvinq

Hi,

I have stored a url for a text file in NAV. Now the question is, how can I in NAV open this file in windows notepad?

Thanks!

Savatage

So when you click on the link which program is opening it? Word?

You change the association for TXT types.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... by-default

marvinq

Thanks for replying

Now I am using: HYPERLINK('[ur]'), and everything opens in Internet Explorer

The thing is that the files are ".html" files, I want them to open in notepad so I can edit them, however in Windows I prefer that .html files open in IE.

Other ideas?

Savatage

The association post above still applies.

Windows by default has HTML files open with Internet Explorer.
See attached pic.

I don;t know if it's a good idea to change the association of html files to notepad.
Best to create a command button to notepad and from notepad open the file you want.

marvinq

Hi,

It was much easier than I thought. There is an example in the NAV help-file on topic: SHELL

OBJECT Codeunit 98123 SHELL ex
{
  OBJECT-PROPERTIES
  {
    Date=30-08-04;
    Time=14:12:57;
    Modified=Yes;
    Version List=;
  }
  PROPERTIES
  {
    OnRun=BEGIN
            // The following is not trusted and will give a warning.
            ExecName := 'C:\windows\notepad.exe';
            param := 'C:\MyFile.txt';
            ret := SHELL(ExecName, param);
            // The following is trusted and will not give a warning.
            param := 'C:\MyFile.txt';
            ret := SHELL(TEXT000, param);
            // The following is not possible - will only give an error
            // message during runtime. This is also if its a TextConst:
            ExecName := 'C:\windows\notepad.exe C:\MyFile.txt';
            ret := SHELL(ExecName);
          END;
  }
  CODE
  {
    VAR
      ret@1000 : Integer;
      param@1001 : Text[30];
      TEXT000@1002 : TextConst 'ENU=C:\windows\notepad.exe';
      ExecName@1003 : Text[30];
    BEGIN
    END.
  }
}

... and it works

Thanks anyhow

Savatage

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