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Re: finding file in program with created filename

• Posted by Evan Marshall <1evan at sbcglobal.net> Jan 12, 2004
• 580 views

I believe it should be
Handler = open("C:\\Downloads\\abgte2\\DATA\\" & filename & ".txt","r")


sixs wrote:

>
>
>I want to open a file using a filename that I create. When I run this
>statement iget a value of -1 .
> 
>If I run the statement
>            Handler =
>open("C:\\Downloads\\abgte2\\DATA\\SCR001.txt","r")
>I get the file opened.
> 
>If I run the statement
> 
>            Handler =
>open("C:\\Downloads\\abgte2\\DATA\\filename"&".txt","r")
>I get the file not found, -1.
> 
>I create the filename with this code
>            numfiles = numfiles + 1
>                        anum = sprintf("%d", numfiles)
>                        
>                        if numfiles < 10 then
>                                    filename = "SCR00" & numfiles 
>                        end if    
>I tried object filename,
> and sequence filename. 
>When I compare the values of what the Dir command finds against what I
>have created, the values are the same
>Thanks for any advice
>jvandal
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