Automator: How to obtain the path of the active window

I'm trying to write an Automator service that changes the folder view of the current, active folder to icon view.  However, I'm having a very hard time getting Automator to obtain the path of the folder of the active window.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the reply.
I tried your suggestion earlier, but the syntax of the path contains ( ) characters in the path text such as:
/Users/Marc/Documents/Structural Photos
If there's a way to automatically edit the ( ) out of the path text, I could use the Copy to Clipboard command.  I've been trolling some of the forums that deal with Automator on the web and it appears there might be a way to get the path using Run Shell Script.  Unfortunately, I not familiar with Unix command codes.

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