Hello All,

I have an application that runs overnight and need to connect to all servers and do someting.

I have a batch file which consist of the following examples:

rem *** ST01A02 ***
map root t:=\\st01a02\sys
t:
purge *.* /a

map root t:=\\st01a02\data02a
t:
purge *.* /a

map root t:=\\st01a02\data02b
t:
purge *.* /a

This batch file map to the machine and give it a letter t.

Is there a way to map and connect to servers in VB, do someting (run application) and then disconnect from that machine and repeat this process as needed?

Thank you



A.Delcy
Web Administrator
Canada

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A.Delcy
Developer
Canada

Take a look at the Windows Scripting Host stuff, specifically the WshNetwork object which has methods MapNetworkDrive and RemoveNetworkDrive.

BTW if you just want to work with files on remote machines you can use the FileSystemObject which accepts UNC paths, so no need to map a drive at all.

Also, the Remote Scripting capabilities may be of interest to you - depends exactly what you want to do.

hth
Phil

Thank you Phil, this is exactly what I found out yesterday from the MSDN online.

I tried it and it worked just like I was hoping.

Again, thank you all



A.Delcy
Web Administrator
Canada

Hello all,

I have been able to map the drive from VB using the wshom reference. See code below:

----Start code
Dim objMap As WshNetwork

Set objMap = New WshNetwork
Call objMap.MapNetworkDrive(pstrMapDriveLetter, pstrPathToMap, True)
-----End Code

Yesterday, everything was working as expected but today it failed to map that same drive.
See error:

Automation error
The specified device name is invalid.

my Drive Letter
"T:"

Path that I am mapping to
"\\Stn006d\Data06a"

Does anybody knows what is happening here?

Thank you

A.Delcy
Web Administrator
Canada

sounds like your network connection is playing up. Can you browse to \\Stn006d\Data06a using Explorer?