>I have a vfp com object that supplies data from an intranet foxpro database (free tables) to a web page. To get through the firewall I have to use the foxpro oledb provider and in the connect string I have to spacify the data source as an ip addess with a port number. (I'm not allowed to set up a DSN) The firewall then translates that address to the real addess and gives me access.
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>I'm fine, I think, with the IP address
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>Data Source=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,pppp
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>where pppp is the port number, gets through Ok but then I have to identify where the data is on the server. I have tried
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>Data Source=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/sharename/foxfolder,pppp
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>and as many variations as I can think of but every time I get an invalid file location response.
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>Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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This is a long shot, but here is it anyway. Have you tried with: Data Source=\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\sharename\foxfolder ?