Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0034'

[hooloovoo24]

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("http://www.cityofpoulsbo.com/citysite/Sample%20Pages%20Site%20Folder/CityCouncil/event.txt",1)

that code creates an error (see here (http://www.cityofpoulsbo.com/citysite/Sample%20Pages%20Site%20Folder/index.asp))
but I know that that is the correct path, so what am I doing wrong?

[buntine]

Because you need to supply a local file location. e.g. C:\files\citystate\file.txt

Try this:

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(Server.MapPath("CityCouncil/event.txt"),1)

Regards.

[buntine]

The Viking City! It sounds brutal.

[hooloovoo24]

oh no, are we that infamous? I once had a guy in Canada come up to me and when he found out I was from Poulsbo, the first thing he said was "Oh, the RV place?" I want to die. Or move.

Anyway, I still can't figure this out. I used the code that you suggested, and it works beautifully...but only on the homepage. If we get into folders, it craps out. Is there a way to make the thing absolute instead of relative? So that no matter where you are in the site, it always starts searching for the file from the same point?

[buntine]

Yep. You just write it explicitely if you know the location on the server:

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\files\whatever\CityCouncil\event.txt",1)

Regards.

[hooloovoo24]

er....how do I figure that out?

[buntine]

It seems to be working now. Is it?

[hooloovoo24]

well, yeah. Thanks for your help. I had to contact my host for the information.