Thank you ChaZ for your interest in my problem. However, as usual, going to Microsoft for information is the most fruitless enterprise I have ever indulged in, as it was again this time. However, the solution to this problem became apparent to me when you mentioned CONFIG FILE. I went there and found that someone?sometime? had added a character(0) to the files = 20 statement. I deleted that character and now my program works again. Thank you so much for your help!
letu27