UNC Version of GetFile() and GetDir() 1

[stanlyn]

Hi,

I'm moving away from mapped drives and just discovered that getfile() and getdir() has to be replaced, because they don't support unc navigating to get a file name or folder path on a system that has NO mapped drives...

Has anyone here solved this with win32 api functions, or something else? Thanks for any discussion and links.

Thanks,
Stanley

 

[atlopes]

GETFILE() gives access to the Network and all available shares, and returns a UNC path if selected by the user.

For GETDIR(), use the BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE flag, and also returns a UNC path.

 

[Mike Lewis]

In what sense do you mean that those functions don't support navigating with UNC paths?

With GETFILE(), you don't pass a path to the function. But within the dialogue, you can navigate to a network drive, and it will return a filename with the UNC path.

With GETDIR(), you can pass a UNC path and it will open the dialogue with that path selected. You can then navigate within that path in the usual way.

As far as I can see, both of the above work on machines without any mapped drives.

Mike

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[stanlyn]

Hi,

More specifically, I do not see a way to TYPE in a unc path (or a starting path, for Window's auto-completion to kick in) into the getfile() dialog for uncs' not found in the network neighborhood. We only use hidden shares (share$) and those shares do not show up in the dialog's gui and does not allow for their entry. This functionality is what is needed. How do I work around that? Sorry for the incompleteness of my question.

Thanks,
Stanley

 

[Olaf Doschke]

You can type \\share into the file name input textbox of the GetFile() dialog, that should work.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[stanlyn]

Perfect... Works as needed...

Thanks Olaf
Stanley