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How to get IP address from server name?
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11/12/2015 11:38:57
 
 
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10/12/2015 17:46:55
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 10
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Application:
Web
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01628818
Message ID:
01628843
Views:
58
>>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.
Hi,
When I start this procedure from fox.wikis, it errors on line:
	lcDomain = ipaddress(4) + "." + ipaddress(3) + "." + ipaddress(2) + "." + ipaddress(1) + ".IN-ADDR.ARPA"
since iapddress() contains only 2 elements.
Do you have a similar experience?

Regards,
Koen
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