How to point to a specific Windows location in code?

[sueb]

We just moved our database to a more secure volume, and everything is great except for one thing: I have a button on a form that opens a specific folder based on the record in hand. The path is pretty simple (it used to be "V:\Pre-Admitting\eChar ts\"), and it worked like a charm. The new location is "V:\IUR\eCharts ", but when I replaced the string in my code, I get a "Path not found" error.

I can't figure out what's wrong, since the permissions are correct (I can navigate to the path outside of the database), and the path does actually exist, and it worked great with the old address.

Here's the code:

Private Sub Open_eChart_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_Open_eChart_Click

    Dim retVal As Variant
    Dim strPartialPath As String
    Dim intCounter As Integer
    Dim strThisChar As String
    Const conPAth As String = "V:\IUR\eCharts\"
  
    If Not IsNull(Me![ChartNum]) Then
      If Left$(Me![ChartNum], 1) = "\" Then
        strPartialPath = Mid$(Me![ChartNum], 2)
      Else
        strPartialPath = Me![ChartNum]
      End If
    Else
      Exit Sub
    End If
    
    'Replace any commas with underscores
    For intCounter = 1 To Len(strPartialPath)
        strThisChar = Mid(strPartialPath, intCounter, 1)
        If strThisChar = "," Then
           strPartialPath = Left(strPartialPath, intCounter - 1) & _
                "_" & _
                Mid(strPartialPath, intCounter + 1, 255)
        End If
    Next
  
    If Dir$(conPAth & strPartialPath, vbDirectory) <> "" Then
      retVal = Shell("Explorer.exe " & conPAth & strPartialPath, vbNormalFocus)
    Else
      MkDir (conPAth & strPartialPath)
      retVal = Shell("Explorer.exe " & conPAth & strPartialPath, vbNormalFocus)
    End If

Exit_Open_eChart_Click:
   Exit Sub

Err_Open_eChart_Click:
    MsgBox Err.Description
    Resume Exit_Open_eChart_Click

End Sub

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

[ADezii]

Not sure about the PATH Error, but I do believe that your Code can be simplified and made more efficient:

Dim retVal As Variant
Dim strPartialPath As String
Const conPAth As String = "V:\IUR\eCharts\"

If IsNull(Me![ChartNum]) Then Exit Sub

strPartialPath = Replace(Replace(Me![ChartNum], "\", ""), ",", "_")
  
If Dir$(conPAth & strPartialPath, vbDirectory) = "" Then MkDir (conPAth & strPartialPath)

retVal = Shell("Explorer.exe " & conPAth & strPartialPath, vbNormalFocus)

[sueb]

This IS nicer, thanks!

It turns out that the "path not found" is a function of how the new location was set up, so IT is fixing that. But I'm really glad I asked, since it garnered me this nice code simplification. :)

[NeoPa]

With just a quick glance I can only say that the formats of the old and new folder strings are different - the newer one being without a closing "\".

Good code in this area should handle that by using something like :

FullPath = PathString & "\" & FileName
FullPath = Replace(FullPath, "\\", "\")

That way such oversights don't cause issues.

I expect ADezii's code does something on similar lines.