Re: Determining if share is available

Dear James Martin:

On Apr 29, 9:14=A0am, "James Martin" <ja...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I'm connecting to directories over a VPN, and
> sometimes the machines are not available at the
> other end. Instead of immediately going on there
> is a long wait before it returns with an error.
> File() does not help. Is there a way to determine
> whether a share (and of course a shared file) is
> available immediately?

You can find the computer's name from "NET VIEW" if necessary.
You can parse the output of "PING <cName> -n 1 -w 10", to see if it
contains "Request timed out."

If you get a hit, then you can see if drives are mapped, etc.

David A. Smith