>>Can someone see what is wrong with the following line, defining the data source string to connect to VFP database:
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>>strDataSource = "\\\\NOTEBOOK\\D$\\ROOMRES\\DATA\\ROOM_RES.DBC";
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>>The above line gives me an error message.
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>>Whereas, if I use the line:
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>>strDataSource = "D:\\ROOMRES\\DATA\\ROOM_RES.DBC";
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>>all works well.
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>>TIA.
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>The $ is an andminstrative share that your process may not have rights to. Have you tired creating a normal share and using that instead?
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>BOb
I am checking my asp.net books on how to set rights to the shared drive. This is all new to me.
Thank you for your help.
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