What is the correct syntax for file path names in layer property expressions?

[sveilien]

After Effects CC 2017 on Windows 10

I am trying to to a simple variable import from an external text file to populate a text layer with this basic expression in the "Source Text" field:

$.evalFile("\Users\Dave\Desktop\RealEstate\roomnames.txt");

text1

I get a "File not found" error.

If I use forward slashes, I get a "Syntax" Error.

This seems like it should be simple but I have spent hours looking for a solution and can not find anything that works.

[ToolfarmJP]

Hello,

Did you try the absolute path?

C:\Users\Dave\Desktop\RealEstate\roomnames.txt

[Mike_Abbott · Accepted solution]

Try this:

myPath = "C:/Users/Dave/Desktop/RealEstate/roomnames.txt";

$.evalFile(myPath)

Note: the text in your text file needs to be wrapped in quotation marks.