Hi Greg,

What is return value from STRTOFILE() when file isn't created?
Maybe current directory somehow changed and file was created but not in the directory you expected?

>I use the following statement in a form. ItemNumbers is an edit box. It has been serving its purpose quite neatly until now.
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>=STRTOFILE(THISFORM.OrderPageFrame.Page2.ItemNumbers.Value,'items.txt')
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>I spent the last hour observing it fail. I have isolated the issue to this specific statement as I can view from Windows Explorer the items.txt file. Interestingly, this statement only works once for this form. When it is executed again, the items.txt file is not created.
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>I have been banging my head trying to figure this out. Finally, I ran the exact same app on a different machine. It worked!
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>The app that choked on this was running on a Win2000 machine. The app that ran this fine is on a Win98 machine.
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>Any suggestions?