Error when using the Open file block

[MTds]

I'm new to labview programming and am having the following problem:

When trying to open a file ".dat" in Labview 6i it from the program ".vi" and appears "Error 7" and the file does not open. I am using the block "Open file". Attached is a screenshot. How to solve this?

Thanks

[altenbach]

There is no way to troubleshoot this by looking at a picture of the diagram. LabVIEW 6 is almost prehistory and many things have changed, especially the file IO all looks different so it is impossible to tell what you are doing.

Error 7 is file not found, so most likely your string operations are not correct. What are the full strings? What is the final file name (maybe you are missing a "\" or maybe you are on a different OS type). Put an indicator at the path wire to see what's happening!

Is this a datalog file?

(Overall, the code is a bit suspect. Nobody needs a seven frame flat sequence. 🐵 Why do a control and an indicator have the same label?)

[Dennis_Knutson]

And, don't ever again attempt to get around the ban on posting bitmap images by simply renaming the file. Really irritating and rude behavior.

[MTds]

Problem solved. In another OS works perfectly

Thanks

[altenbach]

As you have noticed, it is a really bad idea to keep paths as strings. The reason we have a path datatype is because they work in any OS. A path converted to a string will differ, because the syntax and delimiters differ. Your global should be a path!