string to path conversion problem with colon

[DonRoth]

Hi Folks:

I am converting a string that has an instance of a colon (:) to path. In this conversion process, a backslash gets inserted before the colon due to the fact I am sure that the colon denotes some sort of special character / token. I can substitute a dash for the colon which will solve my problem but what do I need to do if I want to keep the colon? I am sure this has come up before and there is a pretty easy solution. Any help is appreciated.

Sincerely,

Don

[becktho]

Hi Don

I was not able to have a look at your vi because I don't use LV7.1.

But try to generate the whole path in the string (for example: C:\testdir\test:testdir\file.txt). Now convert this string to a path.
I just tried it and it worked.

Hope this helps.

Thomas

[gold]

I took your example and just prepended a c:\ to the front and this takes care of the problem

[GerdW]

Hello gold,

some characters are forbidden to use in filenames (or paths). And these characters can be (or are) different from OS to OS.

For Windows forbidden characters are: \ / : * ? " < > | (found in Windows help...)

[DonRoth]

I think what is happening is that the 'string-to-path' function automatically looks for colon and if does not also see backslash, it inserts it. This is no good for me for how how I devised building the path so I will have to modify my strategy. It is beyond the scope of this post why I wanted to do it the way that I was doing it.

Sincerely,

Don