Display access query output in a text file - notepad - ms-access

How can I display the outout of a query in a notepad on button click in access?
I have a button "View Query Output" in access. I want to be able to display the ouput in a notepad file. How can I do this?
Thanks in advance

You can use DoCmd.TransferText to save the output to a textfile and FollowHyperlink to open the file.

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