>>>One of my clients wants his users to connect to a file server. How can this be automated from VFP? Let's assume that the name and password are already loaded from a local table into variables; we don't want the user to be asked for the login and password.
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>>>TIA,
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>>>Hilmar.
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>>oNet = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
>>oNet.MapNetworkDrive("z:","\\server\share",,"domain\userid","password")
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>>oNet.RemoveNetworkDrive("z:")
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>This looks promising; I'll tell my client to try it out.
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>Do you know how to connect to a UNC path without mapping it to a drive letter?
I don't think that once you've mapped the drive letter, that you actually have to use it. You should then be able to just reference the UNC.