Open A File From A Listbox?

May 29, 2009

Im trying to open a file from a listbox using this:

Dim str As String = ""
str = ListBox1.SelectedItem.ToString
MsgBox(str)

[Code]....

but it wont work I keep getting a file not found error even though the first message box is correct in every way, so what do I have to do to get this to work?

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