In order for CF to write to any path not on the server itself the service must run as a OS user who has Write permissions for that path.
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Deb Forman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone had any issues with writing to a file location that is NOT on the > coldfusion server, but is on another server in a lan network? I found that I > could not write to a server on our lan that was NOT the CF server that this > code is running on. Is that true or did I miss something? > > > <cfform action="WritesOPSSpreadsheetform4.cfm" method="post"> > Where would you like to save your .xls file? Enter a valid path, e.g. > C:\MyDocuments\myfilename.xls > <input type="text" name="pathname" value="#pathname#" /> > </cfform> > If you do not wish to enter a file name, click return and your file will be > saved here > <cfdump var="#pathname#"> > <!---Write the file to a Drive location on the Lan. The write action seems to > only write to a file location on the same server as the ColdFusion server. It > will not write to another Drive. The write action WILL write to another > folder, but that folder must be located on the ColdFusion server.---> > <cfspreadsheet > action="write" > filename="#pathname#" > name="sACSspreadsheet" > overwrite="yes" /> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/message.cfm/messageid:5279 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/unsubscribe.cfm
