Replying to my own message, it seems the reason for the error was that the output file was open in Microsoft Word and had nothing to do with the value being written to the file. The value was giving no offence.
It shows that error messages are best approached with an evil heart of unbelief. Regards _John Sampson_ On 09/06/2012 10:00, John Sampson wrote: > Hello - > > I have an Icon program that has been working well for many years but is > now producing > an "input/output error, offending value '[some spaces][a number]'". The > line where > the error is alleged to occur is a write to file of two strings made up > from members > of lists of strings. One of them is part of the member of a list, > determined by the > function "right(...)". > > Getting into the code after all these years will be difficult, but if > anyone can help me > by explaining what input/output errors there can be I would be grateful. > > Regards > > _John Sampson_ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Unicon-group mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unicon-group
