The solution to this problem was twofold

1. Set the property 'DelayValidation' to true at the package level. The files were being output dynamically and were not there when validated upfront.

2....

I am lacking one vital piece of information in Eric's story. Does he apply himself to his work? It is already stated that he is OK at what he does,...

I have a generic email package called by other packages which utilises CDO (Common Data Objects) to send the email.

The activex scripts are attached.

The first script checks all the steps...

Thankyou SSC. It now works.