Connect to mapped drive

hi everyone,

I have mapped a drive in our IIS, but I don't know how to connect to it from
ASP.
I would like to place files (like images files) to the mapped drive
T:\XXX\YYY and display files from there.

I've tried using Server.MapPath, but when I put T:\XXX\YYY as parameter, it
will say it requires virtual path but not physical path.

Then I tried using:
Set MyFileObject=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set MyFolder=MyFileObject.GetFolder("T:\XXX\YYY")
but it will say Path not found.

Please advise. Thanks!

jeff
Sun May 14 21:44:25 CDT 2006

On Sun, 14 May 2006 17:02:01 -0700, Vanessa
<Vanessa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>hi everyone,
>
>I have mapped a drive in our IIS, but I don't know how to connect to it from
>ASP.
>I would like to place files (like images files) to the mapped drive
>T:\XXX\YYY and display files from there.
>
>I've tried using Server.MapPath, but when I put T:\XXX\YYY as parameter, it
>will say it requires virtual path but not physical path.
>
>Then I tried using:
>Set MyFileObject=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>Set MyFolder=MyFileObject.GetFolder("T:\XXX\YYY")
>but it will say Path not found.
>
>Please advise. Thanks!

Create a virtual folder in IIS pointing to the shared drive. Make
sure the correct accounts have access to the share. Remember that the
IUSR/IWAM accounts are local accounts, so unless you change them to
domain accounts you need to accomodate them in the shared drive as
local accounts.

Jeff

Vanessa
Tue May 16 23:14:02 CDT 2006

Thanks Jeff, it works! :)

"Jeff Cochran" wrote:

> On Sun, 14 May 2006 17:02:01 -0700, Vanessa
> <Vanessa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >hi everyone,
> >
> >I have mapped a drive in our IIS, but I don't know how to connect to it from
> >ASP.
> >I would like to place files (like images files) to the mapped drive
> >T:\XXX\YYY and display files from there.
> >
> >I've tried using Server.MapPath, but when I put T:\XXX\YYY as parameter, it
> >will say it requires virtual path but not physical path.
> >
> >Then I tried using:
> >Set MyFileObject=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> >Set MyFolder=MyFileObject.GetFolder("T:\XXX\YYY")
> >but it will say Path not found.
> >
> >Please advise. Thanks!
>
> Create a virtual folder in IIS pointing to the shared drive. Make
> sure the correct accounts have access to the share. Remember that the
> IUSR/IWAM accounts are local accounts, so unless you change them to
> domain accounts you need to accomodate them in the shared drive as
> local accounts.
>
> Jeff
>