Comments on: My.Computer.FileSystem Shortcuts for VB.NET - Part I http://vbnotebookfor.net/2007/07/25/mycomputerfilesystem-shortcuts-for-vbnet-part-i/ Articles on VB.NET and Software Development Team Leadership Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: jeremy http://vbnotebookfor.net/2007/07/25/mycomputerfilesystem-shortcuts-for-vbnet-part-i/#comment-1208 jeremy Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:57:43 +0000 http://vbnotebookfor.net/2007/07/25/mycomputerfilesystem-shortcuts-for-vbnet-part-i/#comment-1208 it's not quirky at all if you look at what it is doing. if you tell it c:\directory\someotherDirectory\ and then tell it, "from there, go to \thisplace.ext," it's doing exactly what you said. "Go down two levels, then go to \ (root) and find the path to the file thisplace.ext." If you put a dot in front of the \ then you're indicating "this directory". you're saying "start at \directory\someotherDirectory, and then go to the directory you're in (.) and find the path for the file thisplace.ext." If you passed it \\thisserver\shareA\ and also \\otherserver\shareB\file.ext it should return \\otherserver\shareB\file.ext -- you just said "go to thisserver, find shareA, and from there go to \\ (new server) otherserver and find shareB and return the path to the file there named file.ext. it’s not quirky at all if you look at what it is doing.

if you tell it c:\directory\someotherDirectory\ and then tell it, “from there, go to \thisplace.ext,” it’s doing exactly what you said. “Go down two levels, then go to \ (root) and find the path to the file thisplace.ext.”

If you put a dot in front of the \ then you’re indicating “this directory”. you’re saying “start at \directory\someotherDirectory, and then go to the directory you’re in (.) and find the path for the file thisplace.ext.”

If you passed it \\thisserver\shareA\ and also \\otherserver\shareB\file.ext it should return \\otherserver\shareB\file.ext — you just said “go to thisserver, find shareA, and from there go to \\ (new server) otherserver and find shareB and return the path to the file there named file.ext.

]]> By: Evan http://vbnotebookfor.net/2007/07/25/mycomputerfilesystem-shortcuts-for-vbnet-part-i/#comment-1026 Evan Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:20:15 +0000 http://vbnotebookfor.net/2007/07/25/mycomputerfilesystem-shortcuts-for-vbnet-part-i/#comment-1026 The copyfile command is great for local stuff, but I have searching hi and low for how to copy a file over a network. For example... I need to copy a selected file "strFileToCopy" to another server in an unshared folder "strDestination" which would be \\server01\winnt\system32". How would i go about coding this baby? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. The copyfile command is great for local stuff, but I have searching hi and low for how to copy a file over a network. For example…
I need to copy a selected file “strFileToCopy” to another server in an unshared folder “strDestination” which would be \\server01\winnt\system32″. How would i go about coding this baby?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

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