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Server directories not available under Foxpro
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From
13/06/2006 13:33:17
 
 
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13/06/2006 10:27:39
Jay Johengen
Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina, United States
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows 2000 SP4
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01128695
Message ID:
01128788
Views:
26
>I have a network drive mapped to a clustered server. The server name is "MyProdServer" and the mapping is like this:
>
>"Website on 'MyProdServer\S$' (P:)"
>
>I have tried unsuccessfully various ways to either SET DEFAULT or USE files in the directory under this. I get different errors regarding "device in use" or "permission denied" depending on which way I try. I have access to this server and the directory structure. I can see the files in Exploring and open them in other programs (Notepad, Excel), but not Foxpro. Any thoughts?
>
>
>USE "p:\data\Web_Mstr"
>SET DEFAULT TO "p:\data"
>SET DEFAULT TO "\\Pfgdsmebs00a\Website\data"
>SET DEFAULT TO "\\Pfgdsmebs00a\S$\Website\data"
>
Just a couple of SWAGs:

- have you tried your commands above but without the quotes?
- is it possible your VFP temp files folder is set somewhere on S: or some other location where you don't have sufficient privileges?
Regards. Al

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