It does sound like it's in use. Do you have another process that is creating the file ? Does it still own the file.
So I would do the following
1. Make sure the file is there.
2. make sure you can open it exclusively.
If that doesnt work ping here again and lets see where to go from there.
ROdman
Rod Paddock
Editor in Chief CoDe Magazine
President Dash Point Software, Inc.
VP Red Matrix Technologies,Inc.
