NAS cannot see mapped drive

b2amol

Hi,

I have a web application running from NAS. There is a file browse function on it, which does not work without supplying UNC path for a file to be uploaded.

Is there any way to store a mapping for a drive-letter within NAV and that can provide path to NAS?

Thanks,

Amol

garak

Your NAV (?) solution can't handle UNC :?: Does i understood this correct?
U can only use mapped drives on your NAS service machine????
I cant belive that, because i also use NAS and UNC!

Maybe you have a security problem, that the windows user of the NAS serice doesn't have permissions to connect to this drive.
So check the permissions.

so, this could help also (as a little tip):

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=22930

rdebath

I suspect the problem he's got is a windows user problem. Many users don't get the idea of UNC paths and if a user has to enter a path for the NAS this is a problem.

Drive mappings are not shared between security areas, different users and different sessions have different sets of mapped drives. In general this means a NAS will only have the drives it maps for itself.

This can be done two main ways ways ... firstly a command line. Get the NAS to run the command

net use X: \\host\share

Drive X: should then be available to the NAS.

The second is to either run directly or translate into Navision COM manipulation this vbscript

Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
Set AllDrives = WshNetwork.EnumNetworkDrives()
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

MapDrive "X:", "\\host\share"

Function MapDrive(DriveLetter, DrivePath)
  Dim f
  Set f = FSO.GetFolder(DrivePath)
  If not f is Nothing then

    UnMapDrive(DriveLetter)
    Set AllDrives = nothing

    Set AllDrives = WshNetwork.EnumNetworkDrives()

    AlreadyConnected = False
  
    For i = 0 To AllDrives.Count - 1 Step 2
      If AllDrives.Item(i) = DriveLetter Then AlreadyConnected = True
    Next

    If AlreadyConnected = False then
      WShNetwork.MapNetworkDrive DriveLetter, DrivePath, False
    End if
  End if
End Function

Function UnMapDrive(DriveLetter)
  For i = 0 To AllDrives.Count - 1 Step 2
    If AllDrives.Item(i) = DriveLetter Then WShNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive DriveLetter
  Next
End Function

I've been lucky, for me the users have been fine with 'use local drives only' or 'use UNC paths'.

b2amol

Thank you Robert,

I have some problem executing this

I am trying out this:
Using command:

nassql.exe appservername=ServerName, nettype=tcp, servername=SeverName, database=dbName, company=CompanyName, startupparameter=Parameter1, startuppar
ameter=Parameter2, objectcache=8000, net use X: \\host\share

but i get error: Program Property 'net use X: \\host\share' is unknown. Could you please explain where to run net use?

Thanks,

Amol

rdebath

Hmm, that's an interesting interpretation.

Try the mapdrive function in this, put a call to it somewhere like CU1 trigger 99.

OBJECT Report 60101 Map Drive
{
  OBJECT-PROPERTIES
  {
    Date=12/04/10;
    Time=20:07:24;
    Modified=Yes;
    Version List=;
  }
  PROPERTIES
  {
    ProcessingOnly=Yes;
    OnPreReport=BEGIN
                  MapDrive('\\vmbackup\backup');
                END;

  }
  DATAITEMS
  {
  }
  REQUESTFORM
  {
    PROPERTIES
    {
      Width=9020;
      Height=3410;
    }
    CONTROLS
    {
    }
  }
  CODE
  {

    PROCEDURE MapDrive@1000000000(UNC@1000000001 : Text[1024]);
    VAR
      WSH@1000000000 : Automation "{F935DC20-1CF0-11D0-ADB9-00C04FD58A0B} 1.0:{72C24DD5-D70A-438B-8A42-98424B88AFB8}:'Windows Script Host Object Model'.WshShell";
      WindowStyle@1000000002 : Integer;
      WaitOnRun@1000000003 : Integer;
      CmdString@1000000004 : Text[1024];
    BEGIN
      IF EXISTS('X:\NUL') THEN EXIT;

      CmdString := 'net use X: ' + UNC;
      CREATE(WSH);
      WindowStyle := 1; // 1 = Normal, 2 = Minimise, 3 = Maximise
      WaitOnRun := 1;
      WSH.Run(CmdString, WindowStyle, WaitOnRun);
      MESSAGE('Mapped');
    END;

    BEGIN
    END.
  }
}

b2amol

Hello Robert,

That is Excellent! :thumbsup: That solved my problem, and I have a shared drive visible to NAS now.

Thank you for your help!

Amol