MapDrive

[justmo]

Good morning
I am using vb.net 2005 and I have a piece of code which has been written in VB.net 2003 the code is

Dim MD As New MapDrive.MapDrive
If Not MD.MapDrive("", pCSIIUNC, pCSIIUserName, pCSIIPassword) Then
LogMsg("Copy2CSII: Could not map network drive to " & pCSIIUNC)
End If
...
try
...
Catch
...
Finally
MD.UnMapDrive(pCSIIUNC)
End Try

In Error list I get Type 'MapDrive.MapDrive' is not defined how can I
fix this.And in future if I find myself in a similar situation where should I look
for new classes that substitude the old ones

Thanks for your help
mo

 

[Pleh]

Where did you find that piece of code? did it come with a dll that you have to add as a reference?

I suggest using something like this to map your drive, then you dont need to worry about missing references.

http://www.mredkj.com/vbnet/vbnetmapdrive.html

 

[JohnH]

I would use the Windows Script Host (WSH) library, it just takes two lines of code, see this thread http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/showthread.php?t=8844&highlight=network+drive

 

[asphughes]

I get the error "specified device not found" when using the code below. I have no problem mapping the drive from windows explorer.

Dim WSHn As New IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshNetwork
Try
WSHn.MapNetworkDrive("R", "\\Server\Data\Projects2\0102", False)

Catch Ex As Exception
MsgBox(Ex.Message)

End Try

 

[JohnH]

I would try drive "R:" instead of "R".

 

[asphughes]

Sorry I should have spotted that. Thanks!

 

[asphughes]

Is it possible to disconnect a drive using this same method. Need to make sure drive is not already mapped before I map it.

 

[JohnH]

WshNetwork object has got the RemoveNetworkDrive method that takes only the drive as parameter.