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Slow detection of absent UNC
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16/11/2007 12:32:47
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 7 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01269426
Message ID:
01269455
Views:
21
>>>>When a built-in function like DIRECTORY(), FILE() or FCREATE() is passed a UNC-path that does not (no longer) exist, it takes a very long time to tell you that. Is there an API function that can tell this much quicker?
>>>
>>>Did you try it with drivetype? Though it may not work with UNC.
>>>
>>>http://www.berezniker.com/display/VFP/Enumerate+Available+Drives
>>
>>It indeed doesn't.
>
>I don't know then. You may also try CreateFile

Also slow here.
Groet,
Peter de Valença

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