Retrieving file path value from web service.

I have a classic ASP page that calls a web service.

The webservice in turn calls another class and, creates a file. It then returns the file path as a string (path to the file created - for example c:\fdemo\test\testfile.docx).

The classic asp, for some reason, not recognizing the file path value returned by the webservice. Instead of the value returned from the webservice, if I hard code the same file path in quotes, it works okay. The following is my code in classic asp.

Dim objSoapClient, fs, f, a
           
    SET objSoapClient = Server.CreateObject("MSSOAP.SoapClient30")
    objSoapClient.ClientProperty("ServerHTTPRequest") = True

    Call objSoapClient.mssoapinit("http://localhost/FileStreamDemo/test/FileSteamGatewayFacade.asmx?WSDL")
 
    Dim fileName, filePath, contentType, objStream
   
    set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    set a=objSoapClient.GetName("RP")
    set f=fs.GetFile(a)
    'Response.Write (f.DateLastModified)

    set filePath = f    
    contentType = "application/msword"

    Response.Buffer = true
    Response.Clear
    Response.ContentType = contentType
    Response.Addheader "ContentType", contentType
    Response.Addheader "Content-Disposition", "inline; filename=" & fileName

    Set objStream = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
    objStream.Open
    objStream.Type = 1
    objStream.LoadFromFile filePath
    response.BinaryWrite objStream.Read
    objStream.Close

    Response.Flush
    Response.End
    set f=nothing
    set fs=nothing

The following is the webservice funtion.

    <WebMethod()> Public Function GetName(ByVal sName As String) As String
        Dim a As New _Default()
        Dim b As String = a.LoadScreenFromFileStream(1)
        Return b
    End Function

Thanks,

RP