Using Shared drive naming system instead of Mapped drive naming

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Title	Using Shared drive naming system instead of Mapped drive naming
Date Updated	11/23/2005
Versions affected	Automize 4.0+ & JavaScheduler 4.0+
OS affected	Windows
Description	Most tasks like copy, zip, del, ftp... require access to local or remote drives. If you use the browse button within an Automize task to get a remote mapped directory name, it is returned as x:\temp etc.. where 'x' is mapped drive name. However, this method has its disadvantages, because you may change the map name to something else later on, and the task will fail. Better way is to use shared drive naming.
Causes	Not a bug
Solution	For the remote directory path, use shared drive naming system instead of normal mapped drive naming example 1: Remote System = win1 Remote mapped Folder = c:\test1 Mapped drive name = k:\ Share Name = test1 Use shared drive = \\win1\test1 example 2: Remote System = win2 Remote mapped Folder = c:\test2 Mapped drive name = m:\ Share Name = test2 If remote directory for task = c:\test2\temp Mapped drive name for c:\test2\temp = m:\temp Use shared drive = \\win2\test2\temp
Output Log	The system cannot find the file or path specified
Debug Log	FileNotFoundException