My Documents Problem

[ryanf]

Can anyone tell me why this works in a folder on my root but not in my My Documents folder :

Inet1.Execute , "GET main.txt " & App.Path & "\main.txt"

I'm running Win2k

[Frans C]

If your program is located in the root, App.Path will end with a backslash, otherwise it won't.
If the get command only succeeds in the root, it could mean it needs double backslashes.

Try something like this:
Dim strDest as String
strDest = App.Path
If Left(strDest,1) <> "\" Then strDest = strDest & "\"
strDest = strDest & "main.txt"
strDest = Replace(strDest,"\", "\\")
Inet1.Execute , "GET main.txt " & strDest

[ryanf]

Thanks for the response Frans but still no joy. If I try:

Inet1.Execute , "GET mainMB.txt " & "C:\mainMB.txt"

everythings perfect, but even:
Inet1.Execute , "GET main.txt " & "C:\Visual Basic\main.txt"

won't work!

[Buzby]

It's because you have spaces in the path - try this:

Inet1.Execute , "GET main.txt " & chr(34) & "C:\Visual Basic\main.txt" & chr(34)

Inet1.Execute , "GET main.txt " & chr(34) & App.Path & "\main.txt" & chr(34)

CHR(34) = " character

[ryanf]

Hey Buzby, thanks a lot-works great!

Could you just explain this to me:
"It's because you have spaces in the path"

[Buzby]

c:\My Documents\ThisFile.TXT has a space in it
c:\Visual Basic\main.txt has a space in it.
c:\mainmb.txt hasn't got a space in it.

The GET command is obviously expecting two parameters, with spaces between them. When you use a command like:

GET main.txt c:\Visual Basic\main.txt

you are inadvertantly providing three parameters, because there is a space between Visual and Basic. To avoid these problems you have to surround the path with " quotes.

eg;
GET main.txt "c:\Visual Basic\main.txt"

Now it is parsed as two paramters, and works fine.

If you open a MS-DOS Prompt window and type:

cd \my documents

you get an error, however if you type

cd "\my documents"

you don't - for the very same reason. The CD command only expects one parameter.

[ryanf]

Thanks Buzby, I understand now