>Just out of curiosity, if you try...
>
>
>catch (Exception e) {
> MessageBox.Show(e.Message.ToString());
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>...what does it provide? (obviously, I could try it myself...just curious if you already have that set up and what message it gives you.

Thanks, I have enhanced the error logic. It returns:

Cannot open file d:\visual studio projects\mitchell xml constructor\bin\message.dbf.

So, this is better than the generic message when no Try Catch is effective.