Invalid Access mode

In your Open statement, you specified a type of access that was invalid for the specified file type. This error has the following causes and solutions:

• You attempted to open a file for Input, but specified an illegal access mode.

  You can omit the access mode specification when opening a file for input, but if you specify it, the access mode must be Read. Both Write and Read Write are invalid access modes on a file opened for Input.

• You attempted to open a file for Append, but specified an invalid access mode.

  You can omit the access mode specification when opening a file for append, but if you specify it, the access mode must be Write. Both Read and Read Write are invalid access modes on a file opened for Append.

• You attempted to open a file for Output, but specified an invalid access mode.

  You can omit the access mode specification when opening a file for output, but if you specify it, the access mode must be Write. Both Read and Read Write are invalid access modes on a file opened for Output.

For additional information, select the item in question and press F1 (in Windows) or HELP (on the Macintosh).