UNC was broken in 6.6.4 to 6.7.1 (I reported the bug when my apps began to fail). UNC was repaired in 6.7.5 and higher.
~Roger On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Ben Rubinstein <benr...@cogapp.com> wrote: > I spoke too soon. > > With the volume mounted, accessing it by drive letter works (so I assume > that this isn't a permissions problem); but using the UNC fails. > > If I use "answer folder" I get the path with drive letter, e.g. > Z:/Docs/Invoices > > setting the defaultFolder to this path has the expected effect, using > "there is a folder..." on this path returns true, etc. > > But if I use the "UNC" version of path: > //server/volume/Docs/Invoices > > then setting the defaultFolder returns "can't open directory", using > "there is a folder..." return false. > > Reversing the slashes makes no difference. > > SysError returns either 2 or 3 - seemingly randomly. Apparently > 2 = ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND > 3 = ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND > > This is on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. > > Previous answers suggested that some people have succeeded in accessing > directories using UNC paths. Can you share how you've done this? > > Many thanks, > > Ben > > > On 29/06/2016 17:07, Ben Rubinstein wrote: > >> It wasn't a mistyped path.... but it was my making a mistake! In my lack >> of >> Windows knowledge, I thought that the volume was mounted - but actually >> that >> was a server that was 'accessible', but with none of it's volume's >> mounted. >> >> Thanks to everyone for their assistance. >> >> Ben >> >> On 22/06/2016 17:02, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >>> Mark Talluto wrote: >>> >>> The first thing to check is permission access to that folder. >>>> Have your program do a sample write to that location and get >>>> the results. >>>> >>> >>> That's too smart. For me that's the second thing I do, but when I do in >>> addition to checking the result I also include a call to the sysError >>> function >>> so I can learn what the OS might be telling me. >>> >>> The first thing I do is assume I mistyped the path, so I'll run >>> something like >>> this in the Message Box to double-check it: >>> >>> answer file "Select your file:"; put it >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
