>>Hi All!
>>I have system (exe file) which running on Network environment.
>>One of my client start using form \\server\share\ for network drive
>>instead of mapped letters.
>>System does not work with this form of drive. He asks me for
>>technical explanation why it's not working with UNC and working
>>with mapped drive.I 'll appreciate if somebody give me that explanation.
>>
>>Thanks. Alex
>
>The explanation is that FoxPro 2.x was written before UNC existed, and doesn't know about it. As far as FoxPro 2.x knows, \\server\share is an invalid path.
>
>Similarly, as far as FoxPro 2.x knows, longfilename.ext is an invalid filename. Although in the case of the long file name, FoxPro 'conveniently' 'fixes' the file name for you, and looks for longfile.ext instead, and probably gives you a file not found error instead of 'invalid file name'.
>
>One of the reasons to recommend for your clients to upgrade their systems to Visual FoxPro.
>
>HTH,
Thank you guys.
I print your answers and will present to this customer
Alex.
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