Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!bush From: bush@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Anthony Bush) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: HELP! basic question Message-ID: <9065@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Date: 20 Aug 90 19:44:13 GMT Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 29 Help.. Im in the process of making a program which uses ISAM files and need to know how to open files using variables within the program. Im using MICROSOFT BASIC 7.0 Professional Dev System. I want to be able to open and create files using a variable that the user inputs during the run-time.. but I get the error BAD FILE NAME. ANY HELP is appreciated... ALoha and Mahalo from the sunny state of Hawaii! Edward Yagi bush@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu bush@uhccux.bitnet thanks.