[AccessD] OT directory folder as URL

Jim Lawrence (AccessD) accessd at shaw.ca
Sun Feb 16 22:19:00 CST 2003


Hi John:

What you are suggesting is using webdav...I have read about but never tried
to automate the process. I believe it only works if the host server is using
IIS4.5 or greater or the host server is running a service like ZOPE. It
seems simple on the surface to create a psuedo directory on your a client
computer which is actually a call to a remote web page...as MS's older O/S
could do.(?)

Thanks 
Jim

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com] 
> Sent:	Sunday, February 16, 2003 7:35 PM
> To:	accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject:	RE: [AccessD] OT directory folder as URL
> 
> Jim, I don't know about mapping it, but I know that you can use explorer
> (6x anyway) to go to the ftp site, then switch to folder view.  Your
> computer will be visible in the left hand pane with all of the drives, as
> well as the ftp site.  Thus you can drag and drop files from one to the
> other.
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
> (AccessD)
> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 3:39 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT directory folder as URL
> 
> 
> Hi Seth:
> 
> I use a similar setting for our internal intranet. I obviously was a
> little
> unspecific. I was trying to find out if there was a simple method for
> mapping a drive letter to a remote html site...Ironically I know the
> methods
> of connecting older versions of Windows like Win32 and Window95...using
> the
> LMHOST file but the new versions do not seem to work the same way. I
> finally
> gave up and am now implementing VPN instead :-(
> 
> Thank you very much for your help.
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Seth Galitzer
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 2:30 PM
> To: accessd
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT directory folder as URL
> 
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Here's an example:
> 
> file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/sgsax/My%20Documents/test.htm
> 
> Notice the slashes are all "backwards", and the additional slash before
> the drive letter.  Also see that spaces are inserted using their ascii
> number.
> 
> Seth
> 
> On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 15:25, Jim Lawrence (AccessD) wrote:
> > Hi All:
> >
> > This is a little off topic. I have seen this done but have not been able
> to
> > duplicate it. How can an directory folder and drive letter be made from
> a
> > URL (web address)?
> >
> > TIA
> > Jim
> >
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> Dept. of Plant Pathology
> Kansas State University
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