vbscript bad file name when using variable from text file - vbscript

Question

I want to create a vbscript program that reads a .ini file to get parameters and use it.
My parameter file contains several parameters:
propertyfile.ini
"C:\PROGRA~1\narrowcast\scripts\transferStatusLog.txt"
..other parameters
..more parameters
my vbscript will read the file and use it
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objPropertyFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\PROGRA~1\scripts\propertyfile.ini", 1)
Do Until objPropertyFile.AtEndOfStream
myfile = objPropertyFile.ReadLine
... other parameters for use on other fso object
Loop
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objLogProgram = objFSO.CreateTextFile(myfile)
Im having an error bad file name or number. Please help

Answer 1

You are reading in the quotes - vbscript is not liking that. You'll need to strip them off.
Here's a quick and dirty replacement. Don't forget to add a check to see if it exists - otherwise if it doesn't you'll probably get a path not found error.
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objPropertyFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\PROGRA~1\scripts\propertyfile.ini", 1)
Do Until objPropertyFile.AtEndOfStream
myfile = replace (objPropertyFile.ReadLine,"""","")
Loop
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objLogProgram = objFSO.CreateTextFile(myfile)
What are we doing here?
We are simply telling vbscript to replace the double quote character with nothing (we had to "escape it, by double quoting, etc):
myfile = replace (objPropertyFile.ReadLine,"""","")
I hope this helps.