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    2nd time a freefile is opened, exception is thrown

    I have created this VBA module associated with a worksheet named "Notes" The first time it runs, a file is written to this directory: "C:\Users\weather\Documents\Outlook Files\" & strTitle & ".txt" The filename is NoteBody.txt

    The second time through the loop an exception is thrown at this line: Open strTitle For Output As #intFileNo with the following error:

    Microsoft Visual Basic


    Run-time error '52':


    Bad file name or number


    When the exception is thrown the value of intFileNo has incremented to 2.

    I think the fix is going to be pretty simple. It has been years since I did any VBA coding. Your help would be appreciated.

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    The filename I was writing was so long that I couldn't see its entire length. Upon a closer look I saw CrLf or unallowed characters that were causing the problem. I was assuming (always dangerous) that the problem was with the filenumber. My code now removes those characters and the .txt files are being created.

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