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<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> I'm trying to specifiy a path name of a folder that is one
folder above the current one. Normally I would use "../thefolder" to specify it.
But for some reason this is not working. I'm using ActiveX object (file system
object) in conjuction with Jscript. The line is:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001>folder_spec =
obj_fso.GetAbsolutePathName("../quotes");</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But
this returns "C:/windows/quotes" which is not the folder location.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Can
anyone help me with this?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=970154001-02082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Andrew</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>