Doug,

could you put the contents of the .xml file (using some other method such as
fileToString which hopefully does allow unc paths) into a variable, and then
use the string method against this variable instead of directly against the
file?

Chip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Lee [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 3:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: UNC paths and Application.Strings()

We're scripting via Remote Desktop, which makes editing painfully slow.  We
are trying to solve this by keeping the files on the local C drive and
making the app's .we file point to the scripts there.  This involves putting
a UNC-style path like \\machineName\c\... in the app's .we file.  That much
works, but...

In the actual VBScript file, the line that reads strings from the XML file
fails.  I believe this means that Application.Strings() can't handle a UNC
path.  A simple example of the path, assuming files are directly in C:\,
would be \\MyBox\C\MyApp.xml.  Passing that string to Application.Strings
causes an error.

Is Application.Strings unable to handle UNC paths, and is that an easy thing
to fix if so?

In the mean time, we'll try actually mapping a remote drive letter to the
local drive.


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