Resolved: having trouble opening a file

[MartinLiss]

Put a breakpoint on the Open line and then use Quick watch to see what is in strDataFileName.

[Something Else]

Marty,
What is Quick Watch {Darn the focus loss! What, is THIS add now doing that!!!}

Anyways,

You could also do a msgbox. ie...

Private Sub Command1_Click()
 
 
k = 5 'temporary file length
'open "c:\usrtest.txt" for input as #1  '<<this line works when i swap it in  
MsgBox( strDataFileName )
Exit sub
Open strDataFileName For Input As #1    '<<this line won't when i select the same file  
   ReDim Node(2, k)
   i = 0
   Do While Not EOF(1)
        Input #1, lLat
        Input #1, lLon
        Input #1, bCon
        
        Node(0, i) = lLat
        Node(1, i) = lLon
        Node(2, i) = bCon
        
        
        i = i + 1
       
    Loop
    Close #1
     i = 0
     
    Label3.Caption = Node(0, 0) & Node(1, 0) & Node(2, 0)
    For i = 0 To k
        Debug.Print Node(0, i); Node(1, i); Node(2, i)
    Next i
    
End Sub

[jerrybark]

OK<

i used the message box idea to look things over, the path is correct after it is selected, then it is still the same after it displays in the label2.caption but it is blank right before the open???

what gives with that, is there something that could happen in between?

thanks for the responses so far,

jerry