VB's screwing around...

This is REALLY pissing me off, I've been trying to fix it for days.
Based on some unknown factor (I still have absolutely NO clue what causes this), sometimes trying to save data to one of my files will cause the file handle to become invalid. From then on, all file operations on that handle return 'bad file name or number'. I never call the Close statement (I searched through my entire source code and added message boxes to trace every close), and I traced all my values... all the data I'm saving seems to be fine.

Also, this only happens when my app is compiled. If i'm in the IDE, it doesn't happen.

Usually the app is compiled as an ActiveX EXE, and then the client hands it some text and tells the app to save the text. The app then measures the string, saves a 4-byte long containing the length (this is where the error occurs... >_<) and then the string itself.

The error that occurs is... get this, Bad File Name or Number (52).

Anyone have ANY idea what could be causing this?

paste some code?

Use the Freefile command when creating file handles....

Code:

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Dim fNum As Integer

fNum = FreeFile

Open "c:\thing.txt" For Output As fNum

Close fnum

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Hope this helps,
Duncan

The problem is not getting a valid file handle, Duncan. Did you read my post? The file handle I have becomes invalid.

Anyway, I'm already using FreeFile.

VB Code:

Public Sub PutString(ByVal FileHandle As Integer, ByVal Text As String)
On Error Resume Next
Dim TextArray() As Byte, TextLength As Long
    Err.Clear
    Text = Text
    If Len(Text) <= 0 Then
        TextLength = 0
        Put #FileHandle, , TextLength
    Else
        TextLength = Len(Text)
        Put #FileHandle, , TextLength
        MsgBox "Saved Text Length: " + CStr(TextLength) + vbCrLf + CStr(Err.Description)
        TextArray = StrConv(Text, vbFromUnicode)
        MsgBox "Converted Text" + vbCrLf + CStr(Err.Description)
        Put #FileHandle, , TextArray
        MsgBox "Saved Text: " + Text + vbCrLf + CStr(Err.Description)
    End If
    Err.Clear
End Sub

That's the function, the error occurs at the Put #FileHandle, , TextLength line.
Also, i successfully call this function many times before it stops working, and it seems to only be certain strings that make it stop working. But I can't find any difference between the strings that work and the ones that don't.

I called MS tech support and they don't have a clue either, so far...
It still doesn't work, I've tried using a UDT to save the string, copying it to the clipboard and saving from the clipboard, and a number of other options. No matter what I do, i can't save this string...

re: ...The app then measures the string, saves a 4-byte long containing the length (this is where the error occurs... >_< ) and then the string itself...

how big is this string???

might have something to do with it

anywhere from 8 to 600 bytes.

Nevermind guys, after about 2 hours of code hacking I have permanently fixed this problem. :)

Turned out that having 3 different processes all creating objects caused problems :P