Tara Alexander wrote: > Now I have another department wanting me to display their reports and they do > not have access to the ColdFusion server. The FileExists cannot "see" the > files. If I hard code it to display a link the file will open - so I know > the path is correct. I've tried using the ip address instead of the mapped > drive thinking that would be faster - but FileExists does not see it then > either. Any suggestions? Many thanks!!!! Here's the code that is looking at > a different server (sorry - it may not be that great - I'm a very junior CF > programmer) pdfmonths cfset as is JAN thru DEC.
You would need to use UNC paths to the file over the network (\\server\share\folder\file.ext) instead of the drive share letter. You will also need to have the ColdFusion Application Server service run as a user with access to that network share. -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319929 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
