FSO Object

[Tim Emmerson]

I have created an FSO object on my server to allow me to access data on a
harddrive from a remote location. This works fine, except that the data is
pulled from another server on the network and not the webserver. So when I
use the command

objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName("\\ehc-sr-001\rmweb")

it returns the UNC in full an then gives that to the link. Ergo when I click
the link from inside the network it works no problem, but as you can imagine
when I click the link OUTSIDE the network, i.e. a remote location, it tries
to find the UNC in the URL, and doesnt work.

I have tried mapping a directory to the server as "S:\" drive, but I get a
problem in the browser displaying "Unknown Path" when I use this with the
command

Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("S:\")

But if I was to use the command with "C:\" drive it works, so I know my code
is right!!!!

Could you help me please? Does anyone have any ideas on this? Please email
me at

[email]temmerson.elthamhill.greenwich@lgfl.net[/email]

Thanks!

[John Beschler]

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are trying to
do. Can you give exact path names, etc.?

Remember that anything that runs in an ASP script runs in
the context of the user on the server. If you have
anonymous access enabled, then that user is the IUSR
account. Any mappings you attempt to access, etc. will
only be valid from the perspective of that user.

Think of it this way. It's as if you sat at the keyboard
and monitor of your server and logged into the server as
the IUSR account. Whatever permissions, mappings etc.
would be available to you, would be available to the ASP
scripts.

HTH,
John

>-----Original Message-----
>I have created an FSO object on my server to allow me to

access data on a

>harddrive from a remote location. This works fine, except

that the data is

>pulled from another server on the network and not the

webserver. So when I

>use the command
>
>objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName("\\ehc-sr-001\rmweb")
>
>it returns the UNC in full an then gives that to the

link. Ergo when I click

>the link from inside the network it works no problem, but

as you can imagine

>when I click the link OUTSIDE the network, i.e. a remote

location, it tries

>to find the UNC in the URL, and doesnt work.
>
>I have tried mapping a directory to the server as "S:\"

drive, but I get a

>problem in the browser displaying "Unknown Path" when I

use this with the

>command
>
>Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("S:\")
>
>But if I was to use the command with "C:\" drive it

works, so I know my code

>is right!!!!
>
>Could you help me please? Does anyone have any ideas on

this? Please email

>me at
>
>temmerson.elthamhill.greenwich@lgfl.net
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>.
>

[Mark Schupp]

it sounds like you are trying to pass a file:// link to the user through the
asp page. this naturally will not work if the client system does not have
file access to the server where the file exists. what you will have to do is
use FSO to read the file and stream its contents to the client (or you could
copy the file into your web directory and provide and http:// link instead).

--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
[url]www.ielearning.com[/url]


"Tim Emmerson" <temmerson.elthamhill.greenwich@lgfl.net> wrote in message
news:uWshcLXvDHA.2308@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

> I have created an FSO object on my server to allow me to access data on a
> harddrive from a remote location. This works fine, except that the data is
> pulled from another server on the network and not the webserver. So when I
> use the command
>
> objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName("\\ehc-sr-001\rmweb")
>
> it returns the UNC in full an then gives that to the link. Ergo when I

click

> the link from inside the network it works no problem, but as you can

imagine

> when I click the link OUTSIDE the network, i.e. a remote location, it

tries

> to find the UNC in the URL, and doesnt work.
>
> I have tried mapping a directory to the server as "S:\" drive, but I get a
> problem in the browser displaying "Unknown Path" when I use this with the
> command
>
> Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("S:\")
>
> But if I was to use the command with "C:\" drive it works, so I know my

code

> is right!!!!
>
> Could you help me please? Does anyone have any ideas on this? Please email
> me at
>
> [email]temmerson.elthamhill.greenwich@lgfl.net[/email]
>
> Thanks!
>
>