i have used just such a path in the past. i had no trouble opening and reading the store. i did have trouble writing to it; it would become corrupt. that problem has been mentioned on this list before.
i haven't tried that is some time, and it was probably with an earlier version of metakit, and with VC6 on XP. the remote machines may have been win2k. On 1/26/06, phil bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I can't find the correct syntax to open a shared network file, readonly, on > WinXp using VC7. > > > > e.g. "c4_Storage store("\\\\shared\\myfile.db",0);" doesn't > work (nor do any back-slash or forward-slash variants I've tried). > > > > The file does exist and can be opened, and used, over the network from > mk4tcl – no trouble. > > > > Don't laugh, please advise on the correct technique. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Phil Bennett > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date: 20/01/2006 > > _____________________________________________ > Metakit mailing list - Metakit@equi4.com > http://www.equi4.com/mailman/listinfo/metakit > > > -- mARK bLOORE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
_____________________________________________ Metakit mailing list - Metakit@equi4.com http://www.equi4.com/mailman/listinfo/metakit