RE: lingo-l FileXtra 3 - can't create folder across network in NT but can in 98

2001-08-03 Thread Kerry Thompson
At any rate, is there a solution here? There's also the possibility that the drive may already be mapped to the system, in which case it needs to know what the drive letter is and write to it. Have you tried Buddy API? I've had situations where Buddy worked and FileXtra didn't, on similar

RE: lingo-l FileXtra 3 - can't create folder across network in NT but can in 98

2001-08-03 Thread Steven Sacks
No, this needs to be all done from inside Director without any interaction from the end user. They can't even create the folder path on the network drive because they say it is too much effort. This network drive is a local drive to each store across the nation, but it is managed from one

RE: lingo-l FileXtra 3 - can't create folder across network in NT but can in 98

2001-08-03 Thread Steven Sacks
How would I use Buddy API in this case? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 6:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: lingo-l FileXtra 3 - can't create folder across network in NT but can

RE: lingo-l FileXtra 3 - can't create folder across network in NT but can in 98

2001-08-03 Thread Mark A. Boyd
At 16:23 03/08/2001, Steven Sacks wrote: How would I use Buddy API in this case? Hmm, I just confirmed the problem with FileXtra3 on my little network with a UNC file path. The disheartening thing about it is that there's even an example in the docs that uses a UNC path. Worse, it returns a 0

RE: lingo-l FileXtra 3 - can't create folder across network in NT but can in 98

2001-08-03 Thread Kerry Thompson
How would I use Buddy API in this case? Buddy has a lot of the same file management functions as FileXtra. You can check on the existence of folders and files, copy files, create folders, and so on. I've found that Buddy works in cases where FileXtra fails, especially on Windows. I'll admit