Access: Launch Notepad from Access 2003/XP/2000/97

Question:  How can I launch Notepad from an Access 2003/XP/2000/97 database?

Answer:  From your Access database, you can launch any application that you wish.

Specifically, you could open Notepad by pasting the following VBA code into your Access database:

Private Sub Command1_Click()

Call Shell("NOTEPAD.EXE", 1)

End Sub

In this example, we've created a button called Command1. When the user clicks this button, the VBA code will create and open a session of Notepad.

To learn how to launch Microsoft Word from Access, click here.

To learn how to launch Microsoft Excel from Access, click here.

To learn how to launch any application from Access, click here.