>How do you convert \\ServerName to \\xxx.xx.xx.xx programmatically with VFP?
>
>I need it in order to convert the path of folder that is mapped to a drive letter (such as X:) from this format: \\ServerName\ShareName\Path to this format: \\xxx.xx.xx.xx\ShareName\Path
The command line tool nslookup can do this. Doing it programmatically seems to require calling the Windows DNSQuery function. There is a code sample at
http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~DNSQuery . I haven't tested it, not sure if it works.
Regards. Al
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