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Use the vbNormalFocus option:<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-41945430-1">Shell &quot;notepad.exe&quot;, vbNormalFocus </code></pre>
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Use the vbNormalFocus option:


Shell "notepad.exe", vbNormalFocus 

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Shell(&quot;c:\WINDOWS\notepad.<wbr />exe&quot;, vbNormalFocus) - not maximized<br />
Shell(&quot;c:\WINDOWS\notepad.<wbr />exe&quot;, vbMaximizedFocus) - maximized
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Shell("c:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe", vbNormalFocus) - not maximized
Shell("c:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe", vbMaximizedFocus) - maximized

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Thanks. &nbsp;How do I create a line to include the path and file name, eg. &nbsp;Application.CurrentProject<wbr />.path\Even<wbr />tLog.txt
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Thanks.  How do I create a line to include the path and file name, eg.  Application.CurrentProject.path\EventLog.txt

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<pre><code id="code-20-41945460-1">Application.CurrentProject.path &amp; &quot;\EventLog.txt&quot;</code></pre>
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Application.CurrentProject.path & "\EventLog.txt"

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You might need to use the AppActivate statement to make the notepad session active. &nbsp;Hopefully, there is a distinct title bar caption for you to reference.
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You might need to use the AppActivate statement to make the notepad session active.  Hopefully, there is a distinct title bar caption for you to reference.

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MacroShadow,<br />
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Can you please help me with this. &nbsp;The following line of code doesn't find the file.<br />
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Shell &quot;c:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe Application.CurrentProject<wbr />.path &amp;&nbsp;\EventLog.Txt&quot;, vbNormalFocus<br />
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Thanks.
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MacroShadow,

Can you please help me with this.  The following line of code doesn't find the file.

Shell "c:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe Application.CurrentProject.path & \EventLog.Txt", vbNormalFocus

Thanks.

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Perfect. &nbsp;Thank you very much.
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I use Shell &quot;c:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe (etc) to display the contents of a file which works well, but appears behind the Access window. &nbsp;How can I get it to display on top?<br />
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Thanks in advance.
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I use Shell "c:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe (etc) to display the contents of a file which works well, but appears behind the Access window.  How can I get it to display on top?

Thanks in advance.

How do I get a shelled program to appear on top of the Access window?

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