[Wtr-general] problem in opening a file

[Jeff Wood]

Bret Pettichord wrote:
> Zeljko Filipin wrote:
>   
>> Or you could put path to a variable
>>
>> path = "C:\demo\"
>> workbook = excel.Workbooks.Open ("#{path}mation.xls")
>>
>>     
> This won't work. Backslashes inside double-quotes have special meaning. 
> Either use forward slashes or single-quotes (or both) to avoid this problem.
>
> Bret
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Or just double up on your slashes...

path = "C:\\demo\\"

should work.

jd.

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