>>>Why can't he connect via odbc?
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>>Good question. I had that discussion with him a few days ago. He will only be accessing our foxpro data, reading and maybe writing.
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>>We are replacing our phone system. The new phone system claimed to be ODBC compatible but we just found out that only meant it could talk to SQL Server or Oracle. The guy claims to have mapped to the directory in question but still could not access the foxpro tables. The phone software can only access data via IP.
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>I just tried this through my home network, and it worked:
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USE "\\192.168.0.100\sharename\PROGRAM FILES\some app\some.DBF"

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>So as long as you got permissions enough (which I do have for this machine, but not for the other one), this should work... as fast as network permits.

Yep, and you can even map a drive over the internet, if someone allows you through.

Net use z: \\216.37.76.256\data /user:john thisismypassword will map z: across the internet. Of course you'll need a real ip address and the other stuff, but it works (slowly) but it works.