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Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6

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My experience with 'mapped' drives/FOLDERS on a remote server is that 
this uses a redirect 'namespace' as opposed to a direct absolute path 
(PIDL). That's not the same as accessing a 'mapped' drive/FOLDER on a 
local machine. In all probability, your app is trying to access a file 
from the 'namespace' the mapped folder points to rather than from its 
actual target.

Your directory control MUST return an AbsolutePIDL in order for normal 
Dir functions to work. I ran into this issue when building a file 
manager app for CNC machine program files. I has built-in 
folderview/fileview controls. How I was able to make it work for me was 
to use 3rd party OCXs, and I was able to get the author to upgrade the 
folderview.OCX to return AbsolutePIDL to a new property I could access.

-- 
Garry

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Problem with mapped drives from VB6 R C Nesbit <spam@ukrm.net> - 2012-02-08 18:37 +0000
  Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-02-08 14:59 -0500
    Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2012-02-09 10:16 +0100
      Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-02-09 09:40 -0500
        Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 "Farnsworth" <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-02-09 10:03 -0500
          Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 "Farnsworth" <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-02-09 10:23 -0500
        Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 "DaveO" <djo@dial.pipex.com> - 2012-02-09 15:36 +0000
          Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-02-09 13:52 -0500
            Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 "DaveO" <djo@dial.pipex.com> - 2012-02-10 10:49 +0000
              Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-02-10 22:00 -0500
  Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2012-02-09 09:56 +0000
    Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 R C Nesbit <spam@ukrm.net> - 2012-02-09 10:08 +0000
      Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 R C Nesbit <spam@ukrm.net> - 2012-02-09 15:14 +0000
  Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 "Farnsworth" <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-02-09 10:32 -0500
    Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6 R C Nesbit <spam@ukrm.net> - 2012-02-09 18:14 +0000

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