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Click Button To Open Notepad

So, I have a button that says "Open Notepad". I have a textbox txtIni.Text that might have filepath, like "c:\ini.txt". If "Open Notepad" button is pressed, program should check that does that file exists, if it does, then it opens the notepad and loads that file. If it doesn't exists, then it should just load the notepad.

I tried this

Code:

Private Sub btnNotePad_Click()
    Dim retval As Variant
    
    If FileOrDirExists(txtIni.Text) Then
        If Not txtIni.Text = "" Then
            retval = Shell("notepad.exe " & txtIni.Text & ", 1")
        Else
            retval = Shell("notepad.exe", 1)
        End If
    Else
        retval = Shell("notepad.exe", 1)
    End If
End Sub


I think there's something wrong with that "Shell ("notepad.exe " & txtIni.Text & ", 1")" line.

That FileOrDirExists() function checks whether the file exists or not.


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