Vista - VBS script question

I have a VBS script and it looks for a file in local drive:

LocFolder = "C:\myfiles"

It works fine.

I am trying to make adjustments so it can also read from a mapped
drive.
Any hints. thanks

"rogv" <rvaedex23@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:c31ecefe-2708-4205-a179-565e2b109afd@xxxxxxHave you tried UNC coding?
LocFolder = "\\RemotePC\ShareName\FolderName"

On Oct 20, 4:15*pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@xxxxxx> wrote:Yes, It says it cannot find path. For local folders it works OK.

"rogv" <rvaedex23@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:d95a8d04-98ef-43c2-b5be-4ab68149fd86@xxxxxx
On Oct 20, 4:15 pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@xxxxxx> wrote:Yes, It says it cannot find path. For local folders it works OK.

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This means that you have a permission issue or a error in the name. Try this
humble command from a Command Prompt:
dir "\\RemotePC\ShareName\FolderName"

If this works and your script does not work then you should post your
script.

On Oct 20, 5:40*pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@xxxxxx> wrote:Does the folder has to be shared for it to work?

If the drive is mapped then it can be treated as a local drive. You
shouldn't have to modify the code at all. I agree that it may be a
permission problem. If you are at a command prompt, can you "type" the file?
For example, let's assume that the mapped drive is "Z:" and the file you are
trying to read is

z:\myfolder\myfile.txt

Let us also assume that you are currently at the root of the C drive. What
happens when you do the following"

C:\>type z:\myfolder\myfile.txt

If you can list the file from the command prompt then your script should
work as well (but because I haven't seen your script I will reserve
judgement). What error do you get when you try to read from the mapped
drive?

Don't forget that you need to escape spaces, colons and back slashes.

All I have handy is this unescape VBA method - but you get the
idea ...

Function unescape(s As String) As String
s = Application.Substitute(s, "%20", " ")
s = Application.Substitute(s, "%3A", ":")
s = Application.Substitute(s, "%5C", "\")
unescape = s
End Function

Incidentally VBScript has an escape function built in. WScript I
haven't checked.