dimbulb

Hi,

thanks to all who helped me on my last request.

So I have my C++ program, compiled as an .exe

I use Shell or some other method to run the exe from VB.

Thing is that my .exe reads data from some data files, and for some reason, when i run it from shell, it can't seem to read the data.

for example, it reads a variable "numReplications" from a text file, or it is supposed to. This works when i run it from the command line or if i just click on it in windows.

when i run it from VBA in Excel, the variable is assigned a huuuge value of 4226292.

When i delete the data files and run the .exe from the command line, the variable shows up as 4226292 as well.

WHY??!!!!!!

thanks in advance....

wondash

Sounds like the C program can't find the data file. Did you fully specify the path to the data file when it's opened?