I'm confused. What is the data type on the backend? I don't think it is a Windows 2000 issue at all. For instance, I am on a Windows 2000 pro workstation and if I want to open a table on a windows 2000 server in a shared directory I can issue the following in VFP and it works:

USE \\192.168.2.2\development\profiler\data\insured

works the same as:

USE \\NCSERVER\development\profiler\data\insured

with no problems.

I would have to substitute the correct ip address for the server of course. So, it must be a vfpoledb issue? Why are you using vfpoledb? What is the backend?


>I am accessing folder on a Win2K system using the foxpro Oledb provider. As this has to go through a firewall in the live version I have to use the Network Address option in the connect string e.g
>provider=vfpoledb; Newwork Address=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; Data source=folder;
>I am opening the connection with a valid user id and password for the server machine and I have set up a share on the folder with full permissions for that user's group.
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>If I use the network name (e.g Data source=\\computer\folder) then the connection is set up with no problem, but when I use the IP address the connection fails.
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>I am wondering if I have to set up additional permissions because I am accessing the data using an ip address. But I don't know enough about Win2k to know where to look.
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>For testing the data us held on a Win2k Professional machine but in real life it will be held on a Win2k server.
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>Any advice would be much appreciated
>
>Andrew Fell-Gordon