saving shell results

how would i get vb to do a shell command then save the results into a text file? im sorry if this isnt in the right forum. thx for any help :D

well,

VB Code:

Dim retval As Long
Dim FileNum As Integer
FileNum = FreeFile
retval = Shell("Notepad")
 
Open App.Path & "\MyText.txt" For Append As #FileNum
Print #FileNum, retval
Close #FileNum

This writes the return value of the shell command to a textfile.
Is this what you want?