Question : Late bound calls to file system methods in the Visual Basic runtime are not permitted.

Can someone please explain why this simple routine fails? ...

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Dim tem As String = ""
tempno = FreeFile()

FileOpen(tempno, "c:\myvbastext\listoffilesandpaths.txt", OpenMode.Input)
i% = 0
While Not EOF(tempno)
i% = i% + 1
Input(tempno, tem)

End While

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The error message is "Late bound calls to file system methods in the Visual Basic runtime are not permitted." and the error is described as a "SecurityException was unhandled."

Thank you.

Answer : Late bound calls to file system methods in the Visual Basic runtime are not permitted.

Try this and see if it works instead of the FileOpen

                       
             Dim i As Integer
        Dim currentRow As String

        Using myreader As New FileIO.TextFieldParser("c:\temp\adam.txt")
            While Not myreader.EndOfData
                currentRow = myreader.ReadLine()
                i = i + 1
            End While
        End Using

Question : Late bound calls to file system methods in the Visual Basic runtime are not permitted.

Answer : Late bound calls to file system methods in the Visual Basic runtime are not permitted.

Try this and see if it works instead of the FileOpen 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: Dim i As Integer Dim currentRow As String Using myreader As New FileIO.TextFieldParser("c:\temp\adam.txt") While Not myreader.EndOfData currentRow = myreader.ReadLine() i = i + 1 End While End Using

Try this and see if it works instead of the FileOpen

1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9:

Dim i As Integer Dim currentRow As String Using myreader As New FileIO.TextFieldParser("c:\temp\adam.txt") While Not myreader.EndOfData currentRow = myreader.ReadLine() i = i + 1 End While End Using