The shell command "net use" should return a list of currently available
network volumes.
In LC:
put shell("net use")
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
Well, at least you have a server to test it on. Thank you.
I am trying to resurrect a Windows 2003 Server VM and a Windows 7 VM
configured to have it's home directory on the server. I just got both to
run (finally) yesterday and just (at the end of teh day today) figured
out what the admin
After a little experimenting it appears that open file does not create a new
file on OS X mount points! I can open a file that already exists but it will
not create a new file. You learn something new every day!
Bob S
> On Sep 25, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> wrote:
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Hmmm. Neither does open file for read…
Bob S
> On Sep 25, 2020, at 4:20 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
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> Even worse, if the mount point is mounted it does not create the file.
>
> Bob S
>
>
>> On Sep 25, 2020, at 4:18 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
>> wrote:
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>> Unfortunately, if it
Even worse, if the mount point is mounted it does not create the file.
Bob S
> On Sep 25, 2020, at 4:18 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> Unfortunately, if it fails no error is generated, and nothing is in the
> result or the it variable.
>
> Bob SW
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2020, at
Unfortunately, if it fails no error is generated, and nothing is in the result
or the it variable.
Bob SW
On Sep 25, 2020, at 3:56 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
On my Mac this form works to a Win 10 smb share
put url
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To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
Cc: Paul Dupuis
Subject: Re: Accessing files on a local network file server - BEST PRACTICE?
Thanks Bob,
Yes, the error messages you get on a failed file open are pretty gene
Thanks Bob,
Yes, the error messages you get on a failed file open are pretty generic.
I am thinking that whether Mac or Win, the key is to check for whether
there is a folder:
/volumes/mountpoint/ (osx)
or
//server/mountpoint/ (win)
For a given path tPath, I can tell if it is a windows
QUALIFIER: this is in Livecode on a Mac. Mac mount points work differently than
Windows. However using the form /volumes/mountpoint/folderpath/filename I get
the simple error “Can’t open that file.” No detail about WHY I cannot open it.
I can see how it would be helpful if the result contained
OK using your convention I cannot even open a file with the server mounted and
an actual file that DOES exist! (//servername/mountpoint/pathtofile/filename)
Bob S
> On Sep 25, 2020, at 2:22 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> Have you tried opening the file then checking the
Have you tried opening the file then checking the result?
Bob S
> On Sep 25, 2020, at 12:13 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> On 9/25/2020 2:42 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>> I know very little about Windows network addresses, but from the example you
>> gave,
On 9/25/2020 2:42 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
I know very little about Windows network addresses, but from the
example you gave, I'd check to see if (slash-delimited) item 1 of the
path is a single letter followed by a colon.
Thanks for thought.
In a Windows server
I know very little about Windows network addresses, but from the example you gave, I'd check to
see if (slash-delimited) item 1 of the path is a single letter followed by a colon.
On 9/24/20 3:53 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
This question may have an obvious answer, but I am brain
>>
So that in case (1) , we regenerate the file and in case (2) we present
a warning that the server is disconnected or down?
<<
For (2) you could save an empty file (as a flag of availability) and set
it's attribute to hidden.
If the file is not there when you get the files, then the folder is
This question may have an obvious answer, but I am brain dead today, so
here goes:
I have a app installed with some customers in a Windows network
environment. They have all their laptops set so that their Home
directories are on a local network server.
So, where as on a local laptop,
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