Re: opening existing files with OPEN()

maserda@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

The thing is, the program was finding this particular file fine until
it just randomly stopped finding it (I was getting error number 29 for
my openstatus value when I was using the in-program debug program
which told me all of the values of my given variables, which I have
interpreted to being the error #, not the # of errors). I am fairly
confident that I have the correct directory: when I run it in DOS/
Command Prompt, I see both the executable AND the input file when I do
the 'dir' command (using Windows). And I do type in the input file
correctly when it asks me.

Is it not finding it when you run from the command line, or is it not finding it when you run from the IDE? If the latter, double-check that you didn't do something to change the startup directory settings.

The error I am getting while running the debugger in my developer
studio is the following:
Loaded 'ntdll.dll', no matching symbolic information found.
Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\kernel32.dll', no matching symbolic
information found.
The program 'C:\Documents and Settings\Mary Serdakowski\Desktop
\Shoreline_Extract\Debug\Shoreline_Extract.exe' has exited with code 0
(0x0).

That's not an error message. That's perfectly normal.

- *** Henderson, I've never heard of the INQUIRE command. What is
the proper layout for that command?

Check your documentation. If you're using something from the Intel/Compaq family, there should be extensive documentation of the form of INQUIRE and the parameters that are supported. The Intel/Compaq documentation has included a very good language reference since I started using DVF 5 ca. 1999.
.