mapping drives

[wirehead]

How would I go about writing VB code to reconnect disconnected mapped drives? Is there a way of checking to make sure the computer I want to connect to is on the network.

thanks in advance,
Wired

 

[maxpower1]

You have to make API calls. Daniel Appleman at

http://www.desaware.com

(I do not work for them) has a great API book that I always use to manipulate windows functions.

 

[martyau]

Alternative to API calls
you can use the shell command to produce a file of network information and then re use shell to map a drive.
batch commands that you need are
net view /?
and
net use /?

Use of if exists in batch files is quite usefull to check if files do exist or not.

 

[wirehead]

Thanks for the help.

I went to microsoft web site and found a sample code using an API call to WNetAddConnection2(

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;173011)

If case you have a problem getting to the WEB site it's Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 173011.

thanks,
Wired