Universal Naming Convention (UNC) in VB 6 Professional

[newguy9]

Visual Basic 6 Professional does not seem to handle data files whose pathname uses universal naming convention.

I just need to create and read simple sequential access data files whose pathname is given in UNC.

Unfortunately, the usual Open statement crashes
(Open strFileName For Output As #1
where strFileName uses UNC)

Does anyone know of a way to get around this problem?

 

[JustinEzequiel]

don't know what problems you are having but I can read and write to a file such as

sFile = "\\PROD2\DISK1\server\data\journals.dat"

using the standard 'Open' statement

ex. Open sFile For Input As #nFile
ex. Open sFile For Output As #nFile
ex. Open sFile For Binary As #nFile

 

[newguy9]

That's great info, JustinEzequiel! I really appreciate it. The problem is I still can't get it to work for me.

I found some VB 6 documentation that said ChDrive could not handle a UNC. Even though I'm not using ChDrive, I was afraid it related to my problem.

Maybe I can check the accuracy of the UNC on the server by using App.Path

Thanks again.