Help with this error. I will show you my code

[Ron]

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0005'

Invalid procedure call or argument: 'left'

<%
set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'this is the folder you want to check change this to point to your folder
Set objFolder =
objFSO.GetFolder("c:\webffiliates\testimages\topek avow\housephotos")

Set colFiles = objFolder.Files

'This lined can be changed in cas other images are put in folder
name="topeka"

'Check Length of name variable
length=len(name)
'connect to the database
%>

<!--#include file="Connections/vowdsn.asp" -->
<%
set rs=server.createobject("adodb.recordset")
For Each objFile in colFiles

'These following lines just strip the filename down so it can compare with
field1 in the database

filename=objfile.name

lengthof=len(objfile.name)

filename=left(filename,length)

cutdownfile=mid(objfile.name,length+1,lengthof-length)

dbcount=len(cutdownfile)

finisheddbfile=left(cutdownfile,dbcount-4)

if name=filename then

response.write "Filename=" & objfile.name & "<br>"

rssql="SELECT * FROM[ListingsResidential-Residential] where field1='" &
finisheddbfile & "';"

rs.open rssql,myconn
'If file and record dont match then file is deleted
if rs.bof and rs.eof then

indata="No - File Deleted"

'filepath="C:\webffiliates\testimages\topekavow\ho usephotos\" & objfile.name
'objFSO.DeleteFile (filepath)

else
'File is not deleted
indata="Yes"
end if
rs.close

response.write "Exist in database=" & indata & "<br><br>"

else

end if

Next
%>

[Ray at]

On which line?

If:
filename=left(filename,length)
Is length defined and an integer > -1?

If:
finisheddbfile=left(cutdownfile,dbcount-4)
Is dbcount defined and an integer >= 4?

Ray at work
"Ron" <r_******@wastequipaccurate.com> wrote in message
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Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0005'

Invalid procedure call or argument: 'left'

<%
set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'this is the folder you want to check

[Tom B]

length has been defined as the length of "Topeka" thus 6
are ALL filenames longer than 6 characters?

"Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
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On which line?

If:
filename=left(filename,length)
Is length defined and an integer > -1?

If:
finisheddbfile=left(cutdownfile,dbcount-4)
Is dbcount defined and an integer >= 4?

Ray at work
"Ron" <r_******@wastequipaccurate.com> wrote in message
news:uh*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0005'

Invalid procedure call or argument: 'left'

<%
set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'this is the folder you want to check