PEFileProxy.OpenFile() fails when file path is absolute and includes ..

[chris]

Hi!
When calling my rtc script, PEFileProxy.OpenFile() fails if the file path is absolute (that is begins with a drive letter) and contains '..':

Opening the file 'E:\chris\Documents\AW\AW\trunk\Packager\AW\msw\..\..\..\Staging\bin\win32\ArchiWIZARD.exe'...
Open file: E:\chris\Documents\AW\AW\trunk\Packager\AW\msw\..\..\..\Staging\bin\win32\ArchiWIZARD.exe
Error: Failed to open file. Process cancelled.
Opening the file produced a fatal error.

Running the same script on the same file, but using a relative path works:

Opening the file '..\..\..\Staging\bin\win32\ArchiWIZARD.exe'...
Open file: E:\chris\Documents\AW\AW\trunk\Staging\bin\win32\ArchiWIZARD.exe
File Size: 15360 bytes
...

The file do exists: another error message is emitted when the file is not found.
Additionally, the script (CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetFile()) can successfully open the file:

Getting CreationTime, LastAccessTime and LastWriteTime for file 'E:\chris\Documents\AW\AW\trunk\Packager\AW\msw\..\..\..\Staging\bin\win32\ArchiWIZARD.exe'...
Created      : 12/07/2010 17:30:36
Last Modified: 01/09/2010 16:12:20
Last Accessed: 12/07/2010 17:30:36

I can provide the script.
I am using RTC 1.90 on Seven x64.

Is there a fix or a workaround (a way to produce the canonical path)?

Thanks for your help,
Chris.

[chris]

I have found a workaround:

replace

  PEFileProxy.OpenFile SRCFILE

with

  set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  set f = fso.GetFile(SRCFILE)
  PEFileProxy.OpenFile f.Path

as f.Path is in canonical form.

[TechMan]

Is there a fix or a workaround (a way to produce the canonical path)?

Thanks for spotting and reporting this issue. We will fix it up in the next RTC release.