CreateTextFile Error with UNC path
The problem is highly unlikely to be with FSO support for UNC paths which are fully supported. Try
comparable test code with a network share on an NT server rather than Unix... If that works, then
the problem most likely is with the NetManage connection...
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Michael Harris
Microsoft.MVP.Scripting
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Quote:
> I forgot the quotes around the path in my original post. (sorry) The
> code only works if I have a drive mapped to the same path. I really
> don't want to have a drive mapped to the path on everyone's machine.
> Is there a way around this? Am I doing something wrong, or is it a
> problem with how the Unix & NT networks are connected (via the
> NetManage Software)?
Quote:
> > This has probably been posted & answered several times, but I'm going to ask
> > anyways.....
> > Trying the code below both ways, results in an error due to the path name...
> > but if I map a drive to \\computername\sharename\directory, it works just
> > fine. I really don't want to map a drive on everyone's machine. What's
> > wrong? I'm writing the code with VB6 SP5 on Windows NT 4.0 SP6a with IE 5.5
> > SP1 and with a project reference set to the Scripting Runtime DLL.
> > (Everything in the path exists except for file.txt, which I'm trying to
> > create.) This might matter to: The path resides on a Unix server. The NT
> > & Unix networks are connected via software from NetManage. Thanks in
> > advance, -RM
> > ---code excerpt 1-----
> > Dim fs as FileSystemObject
> > Set fs = New FileSystemObject
> > Dim tf As TextStream
> > Set tf = fs.CreateTextFile (\\computername\sharename\directory\dir\file.txt,
> > True)
> > ----end excerpt 1
> > ---- code excerpt 2-----
> > Dim fs as FileSystemObject
> > Set fs = New FileSystemObject
> > Dim tf As TextStream
> > Set tf = fs.OpenTextFile (\\computername\sharename\directory\dir\file.txt,
> > ForWriting, True)
> > ----end excerpt 2------
