Re: Message of the day in notepad or write
From: wb (wmb2003_at_zoom.co.uk)
Date: 01/08/05
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Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:02:42 -0000
That's great thank you
Can I define the size of the notepad window which opens?
"Corné Bogaarts" <does.not.exist@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> In Windows2000 and XP you only have to type the path and filename in a
> command-prompt in order to open that file with whatever program is
> linked to the extension.
> Just try this:
> Make a textfile 'c:\temp\simple.txt' or a Word(pad)-document
> 'H:\SharedFiles\Importand Warning.doc'. Open a command prompt and type
> c:\temp\simple.txt and press <Enter>
> Tada... , the file opens in NotePad (or your favorite text-editor
> Similarly type "h:\sharedfiles\Importand Warning.doc" <Enter>.
> Remember to use " 's when there's a space in either the folder- or the
> file-name.
> This also works in a batchfile.
>
> However, if you simply put such a path\filename in your batchfile, the
> batch will stop executing, until the user quits the program (i.e.
> Notepad/Word/etc.)
> Therefore you should use the 'start' statement and include the program
> that should open the file:
>
> @echo off
> start notepad c:\temp\simple.txt
> start wordpad "H:\long path with spaces\warning.doc"
> ...
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Corné
>
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 14:20:54 -0000, "wb" <wmb2003@zoom.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>I have a situation where users do not read my important emails of system
>>changes or down times, so I would like a message of the day to popup in
>>notepad when users logon. In this message I can put system changes or
>>downtimes.
>>
>>I know little about scripting and have a simple batch file mapping drive,
>>can anyone help or direct me to a site which will help me implement this?
>>
>>Wayne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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