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Re: Problem with mapped drives from VB6

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"R C Nesbit" <spam@ukrm.net> wrote in message 
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>I have an application which needs to display a directory
> tree and an adjacent file list box.
>
> The form contains a DirListBox and a FileListBox.
>
> The application resides in a mapped drive on a Win2008 SBS
> machine.
>
> When a new customer record is created the application
> checks to see if there is a directory
> (it cleans up the customer name first, removing illegal
> character)
> sPath = app.path & "\AppDocs\" & <customername>
> by setting the Dir1.Path = sPath
>
> Then it adds a further folder:
> sPath = sPath & "\" & <recordID>
> Dir1.Path = sPath
>
> with an error handler:
>
> if Err = 76 then
>    MkDir sPath
>    Resume
> end if
>
> This works perfectly on this machine.
> It works perfectly if run directly on the server (via a
> remote terminal window)
>
> When run from a workstation it crashes with
> "Error 75 Path/File Access Error"

MkDir and DirListBox/FileListBox would generate an error if an intermediate 
folder does not exist. Could be because the admin made "AppDocs" into a 
share and mapped that instead. I would print the path as the app sees it in 
the error message. Example:

MsgBox Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description & vbCrLf & "Path is '" & sPath & 
"'"

This prints the error and the path surrounded by single quotes, just in case 
there are extra spaces. Tell the user to press Ctrl+C when the dialog 
appears. This copies the contents to the Clipboard as text. This feature was 
present since the Windows 9x days.

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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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