Smartphone accessing files from shared network folder

[Roman Mellenberger]

Is it possible to to open files from a shared network folder?
The following code works with local files but not in the network
folder:

public static string testRead()
{
string str = @"\\192.168.0.25\daten\test.txt";
//string str = @"\storage card\test.txt";

try
{
using (StreamReader srD = new
StreamReader(str))
{
return srD.ReadLine();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return "Could not read file " +
ex.Message;
}
}

Thanks
Roman

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

Not by IP addresss, no. If you are connected to a LAN where Microsoft file
sharing works (SMB), you can, at least, map a network share
(\\machinename\sharename), to the CE device. Once you've done that, it will
appear as a folder under \Network, where you can open it. I don't think
I've ever tried to open a file itself directly over the network without
first mapping the share to the local file system, but it definitely won't
work with an IP address. You could try a machine name and see...

Paul T.