Input file location/directory

[coldzonemt]

I'm VERY new to programming and am trying to compile a code (written in FORTRAN 77) I got for my research. My main problem is getting the code to read an input file. I've backed off the main code and tried a small example from a textbook that requires a simple input file, but I cannot get the code to read the input file, and I think this has to do with the file's location?

I'm sure there is something obvious I'm overlooking, but placing the input file in the same folder/location as the executable with the name that is called up in the program doesn't seem to work. My compiler is Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and I'm using Windows XP. Any help would be very much appreciated!

 

[xwb]

Which F77 compiler are you using? You've told us the IDE.

If you are running from VS, get the project properties; under debug, set the working directory to where your input file lives.