I have errors that I cannot see !!!

[vodkasoda]

Somebody please help me, I haven't slept much, so may be missing the bleedin' obvious, as John Cleese would say, but I really can't see what I am doing wrong here ...

This is my data Folder ... as you can see, the game.sys file is there and is populated ...

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This is my code ...

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@Initialise

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Procedure Initialise
  Local Base_prize%,F,G,Top%
  World_cup!=False
  '
  @Load_sys
  '

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Procedure Load_sys
  Local Dtype$
  '
  Dim League$(26)
  Game$="KIKABOUT"
  Open "I",#1,"c:\"+Game$+"\GAME.SYS"
  Line Input #1,Path$
  Line Input #1,Prog_dir$

I then get a message that the file doesn't exist ...

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So I add a line to print the details of the File path ...

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Procedure Load_sys
  Local Dtype$
  '
  Dim League$(26)
  Game$="KIKABOUT"
  print "c:\"+Game$+"\GAME.SYS" <<<<< Print the path below, which apparently doesn't exist
  Open "I",#1,"c:\"+Game$+"\GAME.SYS"
  Line Input #1,Path$
  Line Input #1,Prog_dir$

... and it crashes !!!

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Please help me, I have no idea why it can't see the file or what the error message even means !!!

[Zorro 2]

Hi !
Try this :
Open "I",#1,"C:\"+Game$+"\GAME.SYS"

You are on Windows, you should do verifications about folder and file access if all people have the right to access it.

[shoggoth]

Or just use a relative path instead of an absolute one.

[vodkasoda]

It's nothing to do with the case or the path type, this is code that has worked for years, all I have done is copied some from one program to another and hit these problems.

I moved all my Gemul8r files & re-installed it from scratch and it got past this, it's giving me another strange error, but it does look to be a Gemul8r problem rather than GFA basic.

Thanks though ...