FileExists on a Different Server

[Joe]

I am trying to find out if a file exists on a network share, but it
keeps coming up false.

The files I am attempting to see are on the following link,

\\swvtc08\EmpPhotos\

But when I try using that UNC in FileExists, it returns false.

To test a little more, I tried the FileExists command on a file on the
local webserver, but the only way it worked was if I explicitly set
the full path of the file, ie c:\inetpub\..., it returned false when I
tried, "\\swvtc06\swvtc\file.jpg" or "http://swvtc06/swvtc/file.jpg".

I have set the remote directory up as a virtual directory, so I can
get to that by http://swvtc06/EmpPhotos, but that didn't help either.
What am I doing wrong here? I am not getting any error messages, it
just returns false for everything but the explicit path.

Thanks,
Drew

 

[Bob Barrows]

I am trying to find out if a file exists on a network share, but it
keeps coming up false.

The files I am attempting to see are on the following link,

\\swvtc08\EmpPhotos\

But when I try using that UNC in FileExists, it returns false.

To test a little more, I tried the FileExists command on a file on the
local webserver, but the only way it worked was if I explicitly set
the full path of the file, ie c:\inetpub\..., it returned false when I
tried, "\\swvtc06\swvtc\file.jpg" or "http://swvtc06/swvtc/file.jpg".

I have set the remote directory up as a virtual directory, so I can
get to that by http://swvtc06/EmpPhotos, but that didn't help either.
What am I doing wrong here? I am not getting any error messages, it
just returns false for everything but the explicit path.

It's most likely a permissions problem. Read this:
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2168

 

[Joe]

It's most likely a permissions problem. Read this:http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2168

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Thanks Bob, I had already seen Aaron's FAQ on that, and followed it to
setup the virtual directory. Since this is a intranet, we have
integrated auth setup. I have read/write/execute permission to the
share, \\swvtc08\EmpPhotos. When I setup the virtual directory, I can
put a test htm file in the remote directory and it will come up in the
browser with no issue.

I am not getting any errors, like are specified on this page,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/197964.

Thanks,
Drew