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Re: Opening/displaying a text file [message #64785 is a reply to message #64782]

Mon, 19 January 2009 05:50

jimmybobs
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On 19 Jan, 12:18, Gaurav <selfishgau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 19, 3:51 pm, jimmyb...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm writing a GUI for some code in IDL and want to include a help
>> document. Is there a command to open say a .txt file?
>
>> To explain a bit further: I've tried openu, but that doesn't display
>> the file. Do I need to read in the text and re-display it or can I use
>> a command to open that .txt file, as if it were opened seperate of
>> IDL?
>
> Yes, you can easily do that. Try:
>
> SPAWN, 'notepad.exe c:\myFolder\myFile.txt', /noshell, /nowait
>
> Cheers,
> Gaurav

Brilliant, worked like a charm- thanks!

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		Re: Opening/displaying a text file By: Maarten[1] on Tue, 20 January 2009 01:17
		Re: Opening/displaying a text file By: jimmybobs on Mon, 19 January 2009 05:50
		Re: Opening/displaying a text file By: R.Bauer on Mon, 19 January 2009 04:25
		Re: Opening/displaying a text file By: Gaurav on Mon, 19 January 2009 04:18

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