UNC naming in wscript.shell.run?

[AlexIT]

I was using this:

Createobject("wscript.shell").run FileNm

but when FileNm = "//server/folder/file.txt" this fails with "The system cannot find the file specified"

If I manually browse and double click the file it opens in Notepad correctly. So I cannot use UNC with the .run?

Anyone else notice this?

 

[PHV]

Any space in FileNm ?
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run Chr(34) & FileNm & Chr(34)

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[AlexIT]

There aren't any spaces in the UNC path, but I will try your solution in a moment...

 

[PHV]

BTW, how about replacing this:
FileNm = "//server/folder/file.txt"
with this ?
FileNm = "[!]\\[/!]server[!]\[/!]folder[!]\[/!]file.txt"

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[AlexIT]

Ha! I should have thought of this YESTERDAY
"\\server\folder\file.txt" works perfectly.

Thanks for your help!

(Now I wonder why the "N:/folder/file.txt" works?)