getfolder returns path not found

[dbotton]

Hi Experts,

When I use getfolder method in ASP code, if I pass a path string containing spaces, it returns the message

"Technical Information (for support personnel)
Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A004C)
Path not found"

What I need to do is the next thing:
the web application final user wants to publish a picture file that the application will analyze (extension, sizex, sizey, colors, sizeKB) and then insert into a database using SAFileUp product.
So the user selects from a simple html form its file using a browse button. once the file selected, I can get the filename and filepath string and store them in variables. I do now pass the filepath string (of the selected picture) to getfolder in order to then getfile information using file method for the filesystemobject created and the folder object created.

Unfortunatelly, all this works only if the user has selected a file located in a folder that depends on a "regular" path, this means there must not be any space character in the path string.

In Windows environment, the user will want to select a file located for instance in "C:\My pictures". So What I need is to be able to user this kind of path strings that have spaces in it, and not only "C:\Mypictures"

Anyone has done this before or could help me on this ?
(I only know how to get picture information from a file using asp filesystem object. Any other way to do this is welcome also)

Thanks in advance
Best regards
Dan

part of the code:
dim filename
dim filepath
filename="photo.jpg"
filepath=ucase("C:\My Documents And Settings\Photos")

dim objFSO, objF, objFC
dim f1, w, h, c, strType
dim nombremascarafichero

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Set objF = objFSO.GetFolder(Server.MapPath("/"))

Set objF = objFSO.GetFolder(filepath)
Set objFC = objF.Files



For Each f1 in objFC

nombremascarafichero = ucase(f1.name)
response.write(nombremascarafichero & "<BR>")
response.write(ucase(filename) & "<BR>")

if nombremascarafichero=ucase(filename) then

if instr(ucase(f1.Name), ".JPG") then
response.write " <tr> <td> F1.name=" & f1.name & " </td> <td> " & f1.DateCreated & _
" </td> <td> " & f1.Size & " </td> <td> <br> "
response.write ("f1.path=" & f1.path & "<BR><BR>")
dim taille
taille=f1.size
dim nombrecompleto
nombrecompleto = filepath+filename
response.write ("Nombrecompleto=" & nombrecompleto & "<BR>")

if gfxSpex(nombrecompleto, w, h, c, strType) = true then

response.write("LARGEUR: " & w & "<BR>")
response.write("LONGUEUR: " & h & "<BR>")
response.write w & " x " & h & " " & c & " colors</td>"
else
response.write " </td><td align=""center"">bad image</td>"
end if
end if
end if

Next


set objFC = nothing
set objF = nothing
set objFSO = nothing

[whammy]

There should be no problems with spaces in the file name; I think you just have a backslash missing from the path...

I tested this in VBScript to make sure:

Dim fs,fo,x
Set fs= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fo=fs.GetFolder("C:\My Documents\")
For each x in fo.files
MsgBox(x.Name)
Next
Set fo=nothing
Set fs=nothing

Since this works fine, I'm lead to believe your problem actually lies somewhere else in the script.

[dbotton]

Thanks for your help and your time

I have been investigating ad testing more. The problem I had seemed to be originated by the folder path as containing space, but I tried creating a new folder using spaces in the name like " D:\My tempo folder" and this way it works. It seems that it does not work only if the folder specified includes spaces in the name And is from a Special list of Windows special folders like the desktop folder in win2k (which uses to be "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu" or something similar, also "My Documents" is a special folder, etc... and for this, we shoud use the getspecialfolder function or a new function to design as it seems the getspecialfolder doesn not manage all Windows Special folders (don´t know why).

Best regards

[whammy]

Huh? I didn't follow that.... but it could be the pain killers, too. ;)

As long as it's working... :)