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Illegal Characters in Path

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Hello,

I am trying to open a file but I am getting error saying Illegal characters in PATH.

I am expecting system to go to server's Desktop folder. Although, I have SomePdfFile.pdf on both Server and Client's Desktops.

My code:

myPathVariable := 'C:\Users\muUserName\Desktop\SomePdfFile.pdf';

File.Open(myPathVariable); //results in illegal character in PATH error message.

Any suggestion?

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    Teddy Herryanto (That NAV Guy) Profile Picture
    Teddy Herryanto (Th... 14,284 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    It will go to the user client's desktop, not the server. If you want to open the server's path, you need to share the folder and do \\server\path\file.pdf

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    Community Member on at

    I have the same file on Client's Desktop too. But still getting the error.

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    Teddy Herryanto (That NAV Guy) Profile Picture
    Teddy Herryanto (Th... 14,284 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Is C:\Users\muUserName\Desktop\SomePdfFile.pdf exist on that desktop ?

    I am assuming muUserName is not the real username.

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    RockwithNav Profile Picture
    RockwithNav 8,635 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Where exactly the cursor is  breaking while debugging?

    Seems to be some path related issue.

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