Shortcut feature possible on LAN?

[Guest]

Can one use the standard 'Create A Shortcut' feature of XP and place the
shortcut icon on another pc on one's LAN?.....the drag& drop implementation
feasibility seems ackward to imagine....

I have an Access application that will need to auto import an excel file
everytime it starts up...and it is located in a folder in a pc on the lan.
Access default looks for the file in its own MyDocuments folder and so if I
had the shortcut there that could work. Otherwise I have to type in the file
path name and not sure the syntax of UNC or file path.....

 

[Malke]

Can one use the standard 'Create A Shortcut' feature of XP and place the
shortcut icon on another pc on one's LAN?.....the drag& drop implementation
feasibility seems ackward to imagine....

I have an Access application that will need to auto import an excel file
everytime it starts up...and it is located in a folder in a pc on the lan.
Access default looks for the file in its own MyDocuments folder and so if I
had the shortcut there that could work. Otherwise I have to type in the file
path name and not sure the syntax of UNC or file path.....

Yes, you can create shortcuts to resources on other machines in a lan.
No, I don't think putting a shortcut in your My Documents will work for
your situation.

What you need to do is point the "Access application" to the location of
the Excel file on the remote machine from within Access. When you
originally set it to auto-open the file, you were given a navigation box
so you could specify the file. Do this again and in that box, navigate
directly to the network machine and then the file.

Malke

 

[Guest]

hey thanks for reply.

Actually there is not/never was a navigation ability to establish the path
link to the excel file. There is browsing for linking files...but the auto
import at start up is different - it is a Macro (essentially VB) and so one
is only able to type in the path into the code instruction - no browse wizard
or anything.

Across the LAN I'm just not sure what the path syntax is suppose to be.
Have taken a few stabs using drives & file names that network neighborhood
provides but so far it has not worked...I get a "can not find file" type
error...

Someone suggested I should use UNC syntax- - - but not sure what is right....

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
May be this can Help, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/141941
Deondenting on the folder used, you can also map the drive/folder, and then
use it the way you use the local drive.
Type into Windows Native help, Map Drive.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Guest]

thanks....let me ask this question...the document you supplied says this:

To specify a file using UNC format, use the following syntax:
\\computername\sharename\path\filename


am wondering what is sharename and path

usually stuff is on the C: and then folder inside folder inside folder

am not accustomed to a "sharename" or a "path" ...just drives and
folders...is it the same? would I just do:
\\Computername\folder1\folder2\file.txt ?

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
It is stated in a general way. Drive and folder is basically the same.
Jack (MVP-Networking).