I have a ListView control that has five colums. Each column has a DWG path, and four other properties. I am want to go through the list and get the DWG path and open the drawing do some stuff and then close it. here is what i have so far: Dim NumFiles As Integer Dim acadApp As AcadApplication Dim path As ListItem NumFiles = (lvFiles.ListItems.Count - 1) On Error Resume Next Set acadApp = GetObject(, "AutoCAD.Application.16") If Err Then Err.Clear Set acadApp = CreateObject("AutoCAD.Application.16") If Err Then MsgBox "Could not connect to AutoCAD" Exit Sub End If End If For i = 0 To NumFiles path = lvFiles.ListItems.Item(i) acadApp.Documents.Open (path) Next the path varibale is always null and the rows in the listview are filled with the information? Any help would be appricated Lenny