Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!miamiu!hh4wsanu From: HH4WSANU@MIAMIU.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: FILE WRITING IN THINK Message-ID: <90339.125639HH4WSANU@MIAMIU.BITNET> Date: 5 Dec 90 17:56:38 GMT Organization: Miami University - Academic Computer Service Lines: 8 I'M NEED HELP WITH WRITING A FILE IN THINK PASCAL 3.0. I OPEN THE FILE WITH OPEN(F, TITLE). F IS DEFINED AS A FILE OF INTEGERS. MY PROBLEM IS WITH THE TITLE. I'VE DEFINED IT AS A STRING IN THE VAR SECTION AND THE PROGRAM COMPLIES O.K. BUT I GET A OPER SYS ERROR #-37:BAD NAME(I THINK). WHAT ARE THE VALID SYNTAX FOR THIS TITLE. I'M RUNNING SYS 6.70 ON A MAC SE WITH 1 MB. I'M NEW TO THE MAC WORLD--MY IGNORANCE IS A HINDERANCE. I WOULD APPPRECIATE ANY HELP. THANKS. HOWARD