Newbie needs help for last time....and i'll leave you alone

Hi,
My previous post was answered but I don't think I made it all that clear. Thanks for whoever answered it by the way. I need a macro to go with my Java program. What it needs to do is:
Open a file("file.doc");
Read the first line of ("file.doc");
The information read is the name of the second file. Say for example the first line read is "test.doc", the program needs to open up a second file named "test.doc". I need to know after I read the first line, how do I translate this into a file. I've tried the "&" method with strings but can't get it to work. Thanks so much ahead of time. Mr. Bean

Sorry I did not fully understand your last request. Hopefuly this will help you out. It assumes that the files you are opening are in it's directory and that the last file has the word 'stop' in it.
EG.
File.txt looks like this:
1.txt
1.txt Looks like this:
2.txt
2.txt Looks like this:
3.txt
3.txt Looks like this:
stop

This will open 1.txt, 2.txt, and 3.txt assuming the first line has the file name to be opened or the stop and nothing else. The rest of the file can be whatever. Have fun. By the way my e-mail is [email protected] if you need further help or a zipped demonstration.


private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim GotFirstFile as Boolean
GotFirstFile = false
Dim INTPATH as string
Dim Path(256) as string 'Max file layers is 256
Dim i as Integer

Open App.Path & "\File.txt" for input as #1
Line input #1, INTPATH
Shell "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe" & " " & App.Path & "\" & INTPATH
Close #1


Open App.Path & "\" & INTPATH for input as #1
Line input #1, Path(1)
Shell "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe" & " " & App.Path & "\" & Path(1)
GotFirstFile = true

Close #1


for i = 1 to 256

Dim INLINE as string

Open App.Path & "\" & Path(i) for input as #1
Line input #1, INLINE
If INLINE = "stop" then
GoTo NOFILE
else
'Assume the file has a path in it
Shell "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe" & " " & App.Path & "\" & INLINE
Path(i + 1) = INLINE
Close #1
End If

next

NOFILE:
End
End Sub