I have a connection string that starts out like this:

DSN=Excel Files;DBQ=C:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\Filename.xls;

This is an absolute path, but I would like to use a relative path (i.e.
...\Filename.xls without the preceding path) instead. Is this possible?

In this case I am actually using this connection string within the
Filename.xls file. So what I would REALLY like is for the connection string
to refer to the path of the file that is using it. This way, if I save a
copy of the file Filename.xls as Filename2.xls, I don't have to change the
connection string and it will automatically point to Filename2.xls.

The connection string is a String that you can modfiy like any string (DUH!)

from
Connection = "DSN=Excel Files;DBQ=C:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\Filename.xls;"

to
Folder = "C;\Temp\"
Connection = "DSN=Excel Files;DBQ=" & Folder & "Filename.xls;"



"DanL" wrote:

> I have a connection string that starts out like this:
>
> DSN=Excel Files;DBQ=C:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\Filename.xls;
>
> This is an absolute path, but I would like to use a relative path (i.e.
> ..\Filename.xls without the preceding path) instead. Is this possible?
>
> In this case I am actually using this connection string within the
> Filename.xls file. So what I would REALLY like is for the connection string
> to refer to the path of the file that is using it. This way, if I save a
> copy of the file Filename.xls as Filename2.xls, I don't have to change the
> connection string and it will automatically point to Filename2.xls.