VBA open the folder before

Question

I want to open the folder before the current Directory each time. I tried "..\\" but it didn't work, can you help me with that N

ThecurrentDirectory= fso.GetParentFolderName(objFile)
Set myWorkBook = myxlApplication.Workbooks.Open( ThecurrentDirectory & "\..\CLIENTS.xlsx" )

Answer 1

If objFile is a file object then you can chain it's ParentFolder property together multiple times to get the disred result:

Dim fso, f
Set fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.Filesystemobject")
Set objFile = fso.GetFile("C:\Users\best buy\Downloads\stackoverfow\test.xlsm")

Output:

• objFile.ParentFolder.ParentFolder = C:\\Users\\best buy\\Downloads

Answer 2

Just pack the ThecurrentDirectory in another fso.GetParentFolderName.

ThecurrentDirectory= fso.GetParentFolderName(objFile)
Set myWorkBook = myxlApplication.Workbooks.Open( fso.GetParentFolderName(ThecurrentDirectory) & "\CLIENTS.xlsx" )