open notepad file

how do you make Visual Basic open a notepad file?

I need it to open new notepad file every time the command button is clicked.

VB Code:

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 1998
    'URL: [url]http://www.allapi.net/[/url]
    'E-Mail: [email][email protected][/email]
    'Send an E-Mail to the KPD-Team
    ShellExecute Me.hwnd, "open", "C:\textfile.txt", vbNullString, "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL
End Sub

Or you could just use Shell:

VB Code:

'New Instance
Shell "notepad"
'open a file inside a new notepad
Shell "notepad ""C:\testfile.txt"""

Phreak

thanks guys