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Answer» Is it possible to activate or open a Notepad document, which contains a line of text such as a Serial Number, from WITHIN a Batch File ?
I have a serial number STORED inside a Notepad Document, and I WOULD like to know if there is a batch file command which could open this document, without having to open Notepad firstly ?
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???What do want to do with the document? Print it, display its contents on screen?I would like to display its contents on the screen. I have began to use the START command and I can get the document opened, but how do I trnsfer eexecution control BACK to the batch file, from the already opened document ?
DDon't start Notepad. Use the type command in your batch file. type <filename> If the file is large, pipe it to the more command to display it ONE page at a time. type <filename> | more
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