c:\windows\temp\pdk-username--(what process-id to write here?)\mytextfile.txt #### sub chfile { ....... my $datafile = "myfile.txt"; my $filename = PerlApp::extract_bound_file($datafile); die "$datafile not bound to application\n" unless defined $filename; my $fh="LEX"; open($fh,'$filename') or die "Can't open $datafile $filename)\n"; while(){ ...... } } #### Tk:Error:Can't open myfile.txt [\&main::chfile]