what about using the UNC path instead of the mapped drive letter? There may be some security issues to deal with, but it wont require the mapped drive to be "mapped" before it can use it as is teh case now.
Jeremy On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:50 AM, John Bird <johnkb...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > When you map the drive tick the optiion to “Restore mapping on logon”. > That way if a user loses the mapping you can just tell them to log out and > logon again to fix it. As long as the network connection is there when the > PC starts that normally works fine. If it doesn’t can be because a > password is required to connect to the network drive and for some reason its > not being remembered behind the scenes, or the network connection is not > available at login. > > John > > *From:* Rohit Gupta <ro...@cfl.co.nz> > *Sent:* Monday, April 04, 2011 9:13 AM > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <delphi@delphi.org.nz> > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Mapped drives > > I think it just takes a while. Have you tried making the share/map > persistent on the the workstation. > > On 3/04/2011 4:53 p.m., Marshland Engineering wrote: > > I'm mapping my data to a P: drive across a windows XP network. Whenever I > start one of my networked PC's and I open my app for the first time, I get a > drive error. > > If I open windows explorer and view the drives before I open the Delphi > app, the app finds the data. It is almost like Delphi does not wake up the > XP mapping when the program is first run. Any suggestions ? > > Thanks Wallace. > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 6010 (20110402) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 6010 (20110402) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > http://www.eset.com > > > > -- > Regards > > *Rohit Gupta* > B.E. Elec., M.E., Mem IEEE, Mem IET > Technical Director > Computer Fanatics Ltd > > *Tel *4892280 > *Fax *4892290 > *Web *www.cfl.co.nz > ------------------------------ > This email and any attachments contain information, which is confidential > and may be subject to legal privilege and copyright. If you are not the > intended recipient, you must not use, distribute or copy this email or > attachments. If you have received this in error, please notify us > immediately by return email and then delete this email and any attachments. > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe >
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