From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b3b93af4cfcf5a32,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-25 09:07:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!peernews!peer.cwci.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Deepie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: reading from a file X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:08:01 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.255.149.165 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 1014656876 62.255.149.165 (Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:07:56 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:07:56 GMT Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20379 Date: 2002-02-25T17:08:01+00:00 List-Id: Hi, I am currently writing a program from which i need to read in from a file. When trying to read from the file using a command such as Skip_Line(F), F being the file handle, i generate an 'invalid parameter in use' error. things like Get_Line(F, name, length) dont work either. am i missing something here? TIA deepie