Hello,

Yes you can, but do not use backslash at the very beginning, and use \\ 
for backslash because \ alone is just start of escape sequence, so 
correct usage would be:

fopen("MyData\\myfilename.txt", "r");



Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com

On 2010-02-24 17:25, Herman wrote:
> Thanks!
>
> That sounds good, I suppose I can prefix a sub-folder name to the filename?
>
> for example use fopen("\MyData\myfilename.txt", "r");
>
> herman
>
>    
>> Hello,
>>      
>    
>> Why just don't you use relative path ?
>> if you for example use
>>      
>    
>> fopen("myfilename.txt", "r")
>>      
>    
>> it will always look for "myfilename.txt" inside CURRENT FOLDER.
>>      
>    
>> Relative paths ALWAYS refer to current folder without need to retrieve
>> it / specify it .
>>      
>    
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com
>>      
>    
>> On 2010-02-24 17:02, Herman wrote:
>>      
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> To perform file operations I  need  to  know the current folder name
>>> for AmiBroker.
>>>
>>> On my XP computers it is "Program Files". On my Windows 7 computer it
>>> is "Program Files (x86)", or "Program Files" if I run AB64bit.
>>>
>>> How can afl automatically detect which folder it is using?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> herman
>>>
>>>
>>>
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