Help with network access

[ericahlstrom]

I have the need to access files over a network.

Never have done this before.

The type of access will be from a terminal at the office over the local Lan and from a home office that logs into that Lan.

Any ideas of how to connect, protocol, address, etc?

Thanks in advance. Eric

[longedge]

I haven't done it myself but I would think that you'd need to specify how you are logging into your LAN - VPN, FTP etc. ? Once logged in can you map a drive to the source?

Machines on the LAN are no problem. Just use fully qualified UNC's.

[ericahlstrom]

I finally realized my problem.

when you store the UNC value in a variable you must do this

UNC = "\\\\address1\\address2\\address3";

instead of UNC = "\\address1\address2\address3";

The slash "\" indicates the extra slash's you must include.

\\address1\address2\address3 is a proper UNC address but for some reason Autoplay requires double the slash's to get it to display correctly.


Eric

[Delinka]

Eric, you're a life saver, I tried everything but this, now it's all working fine.