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izidor · Post by **izidor** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:18 pm

Lets say that i have folder named text and in it there is text.txt.Here is my question how to open file from specific folder without writing "C:\..." or "D:\..."?

bongomeno · Post by **bongomeno** » Sun May 10, 2009 3:41 pm

unless it is in the same folder as the program opening it, the file must have the C:\whatever\.

if the program is trying to access a file within a folder in the programs folder then you can do it like this (assuming your prog is in c:\f\) -

c:\f\folder\file.ext
OR
\folder\file.ext

izidor · Post by **izidor** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:59 am

Thanks for reply. When i was searching net i found another solution command CHDIR.

DDastardly71 · Post by **DDastardly71** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:54 am

If the folder is in the same directory as your program, you can use relative instead of absolute path and without using CHDIR.

Works...
OPEN "text\text.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1

Will not work...this is an incomplete path as shown from the previous reply.
OPEN "\text\text.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1