cannot access virtual directory in classic asp

[pankajdeshmukh]

i am trying to access a virtual directory to retrieve file names of files it contains. here is the code:

Set FSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim mapPath
mapPath=Server.MapPath("http://development/far/")
Set farFolder = FSO.GetFolder(mapPath)

the code gives file not found error.
i am fairly new to asp so do not know where i am going wrong

[PsychoCoder]

Is this site running on IIS7? If so using FileSystemObjec t to do this is never going to work because it only works on the physical file system. It does not know about or understand virtual directories - this aspect of your site is managed entirely by IIS.

It is not a question of permissions it is a question of the directory not physically being there so browsing the physical file system will never see it