open a nodepad.txt in c# program

faladrim

hi, i keep a logging in a .txt file, i would like to open this file by pressing a button in my program. how do i do this? is this even possible?? thx grz

rah_sin

u can try System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("complete path of file\\filename.txt");

rahul

coolestCoder

Hi, Yes ! Either you can open the text file using the IO classes provided in the .Net or you can directly open that file in notepad using Process.Start(). Have look here[^]

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faladrim

thanks alot !! :) can i make it a read only to? so people cant change it. thx

Eduard Keilholz

then you should open the text from within your program and display in a Read-only (or disabled) text control. You cannot open en text in notepad and somehow disable it from editing. StreamReader srMyLogfile = new StreamReader("path/to/file.txt"); txtYourTextbox.Text = sr.ReadToEnd(); txtYourTextbox.Enabled = false; srMyLogfile.Close(); srMyLogfile.Dispose();

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GaryWoodfine

I have written a blog post that show's you to read and write a text file hope this helps you. http://threenineconsulting.com/forum/blogs/cykophysh/archive/2006/11/24/Write-and-Read-a-Text-File-In-C_2300_.aspx

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