Basic software auditing

[emozley]

I am thinking about making a basic software auditing app. The idea is to have a table of applications that I want to check for - this would contain 3 columns - a unique identifier, the name of the application eg 'Microsoft Word' and finally the path of the executable.

When the script is run the idea is to have a table with columns UniqueID, HostName, ProductID (which would tie in with the table described above), VersionNumber.

Is it possible in classic ASP to check for the existence of a file over the network? Picking up the host name and username is straightforward so it should be easy to build s string with the client PC - eg "\\pc100\c$\" & rs("FilePath")

Also is it possible in classic ASP to detect the version number of a file? I have had a look round but not spotted anything that looks suitable.

Any basic pointers much appreciated.

cheers

 

[emozley]

sorry a second after typing this I found this the FileExists function which solves the first part - what about detecting the version number?

cheers

 

[emozley]

Played around a bit more and have found that the following works:

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fileVersion = fso.GetFileVersion("\\myserver\files\AcroRd32.exe")
Response.Write ("Adobe Acrobat is version number : ") & fileVersion
Set fso = Nothing

However if I change the path to "\\mypc\c$\files\acrord32.exe" it doesn't work. The script does not error it just doesn't show anything...

Would this be because the script does not have access to C$? If so is there a way round this?

cheers

 

[Sheco]

Try disabling anonymous access for this page so that it runs under the security context of the user.