Have you tried creating a new file and copying the code from the file and pasting it into another file?

>I just restarted my computer and got the same thing (the server and my test environment are on the same machine).
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>Here's a bit more info that may or may not help:
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>It appears my problem may be with a file operation I'm attempting. Here's the code:
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>dim gnfilehandle  as system.io.filestream
>gnfilehandle = fopen(str_savedfile)   'this works fine at this point...file opens normally
>dim g_len as integer = gnfilehandle.length -1  'this is the line that stops
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>Once I hit the last line there, the system sits for about 15 seconds, then my watch box shows that the gnfilehandle.length now shows "error:cannot obtain value." Between the fopen statement and the bottom line, the watch showed the correct length. My file "disappears"
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>the file is in the Windows/temp directory.
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>Remember that yesterday this all worked correctly.
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>ugh.