topic Re: File path including \n in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/File-path-including-n/m-p/412412#M153526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>enclose the path in double quotes or square brackets: "<SPAN style="color: #737373; font-family: Arial; background-color: #ffffff;">\\nA-folder1\nB-folder2\*.xls</SPAN>" or [<SPAN style="color: #737373; font-family: Arial; background-color: #ffffff;">\\nA-folder1\nB-folder2\*.xls</SPAN>] </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 May 2013 07:31:39 GMT Gysbert_Wassenaar 2013-05-28T07:31:39Z File path including \n https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/File-path-including-n/m-p/412411#M153525 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi everyone,</P><P></P><P>I try to connect to an Excel file in a shared directory. The file path is like</P><P>\\nA-folder1\nB-folder2\</P><P>whici is put in a variable.</P><P></P><P>But the two \n are replaced by return codes so the variable looks like the following afterwards:</P><P>"\</P><P>A-folder1</P><P>B-folder2"</P><P></P><P>How to make sure this variable is understood as a simple directory path?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 May 2013 22:14:23 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/File-path-including-n/m-p/412411#M153525 2013-05-27T22:14:23Z Re: File path including \n https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/File-path-including-n/m-p/412412#M153526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>enclose the path in double quotes or square brackets: "<SPAN style="color: #737373; font-family: Arial; background-color: #ffffff;">\\nA-folder1\nB-folder2\*.xls</SPAN>" or [<SPAN style="color: #737373; font-family: Arial; background-color: #ffffff;">\\nA-folder1\nB-folder2\*.xls</SPAN>] </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 May 2013 07:31:39 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/File-path-including-n/m-p/412412#M153526 Gysbert_Wassenaar 2013-05-28T07:31:39Z