Re: Accessing file on network

Try actually mapping a drive on your PC to the network drive, then you can reference it

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Paul Smith wrote:

> I wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction regarding a
> Forms problem? I have a procedure to import text files from part of an
> NT network into a Forms 4.5 OLE container using
> forms_ole.initialize_container(item_id, 'path_and_filename'). This
> works fine for test files on the local C: drive but can't do anything
> with network addresses like: '\\statistiek\cijfers\file_naam.txt'
> and much the same thing happens for text_io.fopen statements.
>
> Apologies in advance if this is a facile question or if I've
> misunderstood something obvious, but no-one else where I work seems to
> know either.
>
> With freindly greetings, Paul Smith.

-- Received on Fri Apr 09 1999 - 13:56:43 CDT