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Make network connection from scheduled task
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05/11/2004 17:29:45
Guy Pardoe
Pardoe Development Corporation
Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States
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Visual FoxPro
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Windows API functions
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00958713
Message ID:
00958722
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>HI,
>
>I need to have a small VFP utility that gets fired from a scheduled task. This utility needs to connect to a network drive and copy some files from the network share down to the local PC and then do some other misc processing.
>
>My problem is that there will be no user looged in when the schedule task launches. I thought it'd be no problem because when I define the scheduled task, I can also set the user whose privileges will apply when the task is run.
>
>I've searched messages on this board for WNetAddConnection, etc, but so far I can't find anything that works unless there is already a logged in user.
>
>Does anyone have any sample code of mapping a network drive that works with no user logged in but rather, launched with admin (or any other user) privileges from a scheduled task?
>
>Thanks,
>Guy

Can't you just copy using the UNC? (and use UNC where elsewhere needed)

copy file \\Server\path\file to C:\path\file


Additionally, you probably should create a log-on session, take a look at Message #948574 to use impersonation
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