Windows pathway delimiter problem?

[Steve Bonham]

Is the path delimiter in Windows a slash or a backslash?

In my script I'm using slashes (/) but I'm getting a weird error msg 
upon launching the Windows standalone.

Here's the stuff in the on openstack script (which is used to 
read/set prefs from a text file):

put the platform into theOS
   put the systemVersion into theVersion


   set the itemDel to "."
   put item 1 of theVersion into MacOS_X_or_not
   set the itemDel to ","

put the filename of this stack into MyPathWay
   set itemDel to "/"

   if theOS is "MacOS" and MacOS_X_or_not >9 then
     -- OS X handles filepathways differently
     -- delete last three directories of myPathWay
    
    
     put the number of items of myPathWay into LastFolder2Delete
     
     put LastFolder2Delete - 3 into FirstFolder2Delete
     if item FirstFolder2Delete of myPathWay contains ".app" then
       delete item FirstFolder2Delete to LastFolder2Delete of MyPathWay
     else
       -- must be a .rev file - no problem
       delete last item of MyPathWay
     end if
    
     set itemDel to "," -- reSet to default deLimiter
    
    
    
   else -- windows or X_x
     if theOS is "Win32" then
       put the number of items of myPathWay into LastFolder2Delete
       
       delete last item of MyPathWay
     else
       --
     end if
     
     set itemDel to "," -- reSet to default deLimiter
     
   else --linux --later
     
   end if

   put MyPathWay & "/TJsettings.txt" into PathWaytoTJsettings
   
   answer "myPathWay = " & return &\
   myPathWay & return &\
   "PathwaytoTJsettings = " & return &\
   PathWaytoTJsettings
   

and the error msg reads:
The application or DLL C:\(and the pathway to the text file I'm 
reading preferences from with each item separated by backslash 
characters) is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against 
your installation diskette.


I'm putting a jpg up that displays screencaps of these to clarify.

It's at: http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/cet/SB/errorcap.jpg

Thx for any suggestions.
Steve


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Steve Bonham
Director, Faculty Technology Development Laboratory
Center for Excellence in Teaching - Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8143
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