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Thanks for responding Remy.
The fact is my actual Code uses absolute paths.
Here is a sample code that I have put together
that actually give the same problem I am experiencing.....
(just put a button on a form and test it)
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

void __fastcall TForm1::Button1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
   AnsiString A = ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0));
   A += "MyFile.txt";
   ShowMessage(A);

   // Create the file myfile.txt in the same place as the EXE.
   {
     int h = FileCreate(A);
     AnsiString SomeText = "The file contents\r\n";
     FileWrite(h, SomeText.c_str(), SomeText.Length());
     FileClose(h);
   }

   // open the file...
  int FileHandle = FileOpen(A, fmOpenReadWrite|fmShareDenyNone);

   // open it again....
   int FileHandle2 = FileOpen(A, fmOpenRead |fmShareDenyNone);
   FileSeek(FileHandle2, (int)0, 0);
   char s[64];
   FileRead(FileHandle2, s, 63);
   FileClose(FileHandle2);
   // close the second instance....
   ShowMessage(s);


   // open it using the CreateFile Winapi...and handle possible error...
   HANDLE hf = 
CreateFile(A.c_str(),GENERIC_READ,FILE_SHARE_READ,NULL,OPEN_EXISTING,0,NULL);
   if (hf == (HANDLE)0xffffffff)
   {
      char *lpMsgBuf;
      FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | 
FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,NULL,
      GetLastError(),MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),(LPTSTR) 
&lpMsgBuf,0,NULL);
      MessageBox( NULL, lpMsgBuf, "GetLastError", 
MB_OK|MB_ICONINFORMATION );
      LocalFree( lpMsgBuf );
   }
   else
   {
     CloseHandle(hf);
   }

   // close off  the initial handle....
  FileClose(FileHandle);

}


//---------------------------------------------------------------------------




Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
> "Colin B Maharaj" <noreply@myhost.com> wrote in message 
> news:486b71d7$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> 
>> Finally I have this code I am using (not my code)
>> and is WinAPI and try to open the file similar to the
>> read operation above BUT IT FAILS!!
> 
> What does GetLastError() return when CreateFile() fails?  Since you are 
> using relative paths, not absolute paths, I ma guessing that the API code is 
> trying to open a file that does not actually exist.
> 
>> Or, is an int FileHandle like what you see in 2nd line the
>> same as the HANDLE in the third.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
> Gambit 
> 
>