How to open a text file

B.Moreno 2019.10.05 16:29

Is there any functions to open a file on Windows 10 . I need to open a text file on windows using API.

I think I should use dll files buy I don't know which file and functions can open a text file by using filename on windows.

Jose Francisco Casado Fernandez 2019.10.07 03:51 #1

You can use built in FileOpen() function to open files inside the file sandbox (MQL4\files).

FileOpen - File Functions - MQL4 Reference

docs.mql4.com

[in] The name of the file can contain subfolders. If the file is opened for writing, these subfolders will be created if there are no such ones. [in] value to be used as a separator in txt or csv-file. If the csv-file delimiter is not specified, the default delimiter is ";". If the txt-file delimiter is not specified, then no separator is...

B.Moreno 2019.10.09 08:48 #2

Jose Francisco Casado Fernandez:
You can use built in FileOpen() function to open files ins ide the file sandbox (MQL4\files).

Thanks dear Jose Francisco.

I need to open the window of the file. It mean open the file out of sandbox.

So I prefer to use ShellExecuteW()

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