The answer to my "runtime error 6" (invalid filename) ended up being I had too many files open (apparently). I couldn't find anything invalid about the filename (it was a standard DOS 5.3, with no LFN), but in looking for every instance of "runtime error" I could find, I found the "close(filename)" command. I decided that would be good practice, and it fixed the problem once I closed a file I was finished with.
Can you only have 2 files open with FP? As above, I fixed my problem with opening the third file by closing another, and only having 2 open at once. My config.sys has "FILES=20", so it's not a DOS limitation by the look of it (unless my FP program is opening up another 18 related system files behind the scenes. e.g. units or something). I also wanted to know if there's a colour palette somewhere? Or a list of the text-names that can be used with "textcolor"? When I run pascal programs (not just FP, but other compilers too), the last text-colour I used stays even after the program is finished. The original default colour only returns after I call something else. e.g. DR-DOS editor. Also, if I call the program from a batch-file, I still have the default colour when it's finished, so a direct call to the program changes my default text until such time as I call something else. Not a FP-specific question, but while on the topic - I would actually like to permanently change my default text-colour, but can't find where I can do that (I looked around the BIOS, and couldn't see anything, and the "colour scheme" in DR-DOS only applies to the editor and stuff, not your shell). All suggestions welcome on any of these issues. thanks, DONALD. E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG DON's Home-page - http://jedi.apana.org.au/~jims_son Pedder Passer Rating - http://jedi.apana.org.au/~jims_son/PPR AusNFL mailing-list - http://jedi.apana.org.au/mailman/listinfo/ausnfl "What I always wanted is to be accepted, not understood" - MAN RAY _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
