Jeff,
I will try to get you off of this list. How is the rest of your Boston WorkStation usage going? Pete From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloe, Jeff Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Talk] UNC vs mapped drives Can you remove me from this list? Thanks JEFF GLOE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANALYST CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL 252.808.6706 (v) | 252.808.6901 (f) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neal Quinn Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Talk] UNC vs mapped drives In reading the MicroSoft KB file suggested in one of the responses, it would seem that the mapping disconnects after the default 15 min. However, the report also states that the connection is "quickly" reestablished when required. This tells me that a probe to the connection should reconnect. That can be accomplished with a first-time probe (or attempt to establish the mapping) with a command like 'DIR' and a WAIT 5 or so, for the connection to "cement." It could be that BWS is just too fast and will not wait for the connection unless you slow it down. If that doesn't work, then another response used the FileSystemObject. That requires that you load in the Scripting Runtime project. FSO has a method GetDrive with a property called IsReady, and works on network drives. You could use that with the same WAIT 5. Neal Quinn Montefiore Medical Center ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen R. Smesny <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:22 AM Subject: [Talk] UNC vs mapped drives All of my scripts on my scripting server interact with other files on other servers. I have several mapped drives set up pointing to the appropriate folders. However, I run into problems as the mapped drives are very unreliable. They will disconnect and cause the the script to crash. The only other option I can think of is simply using the UNC path instead of a mapped drive. But I have been unsuccessfuly with this in the past. Will Boston Workstation recognize and interact properly using the UNC paths? If not, any recommendations on how to keep my mapped drives up? I have reconnect at login set to Y, but the machine is never logged off, so there is no logging in to reconnect the drive. Is there a VB command that I can run in the beginning of each script to make sure the drive is connected, All suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance, Stephen Smesny ********************************************************************** The information contained in this electronic communication, and any electronic attachment(s), is CONFIDENTIAL and is intended only for the named recipient(s) above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any release of information or distribution of this communication is prohibited by law. If you have received this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please immediately notify the sender via reply email and delete this communication. ********************************************************************** This message was scanned with MIMESweeper.
