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Transparent Disk Servicenewsgroup, however I know think that was the wrong venue. Perhaps someone else is trying to do the same thing as I. Currently, I have a VMS site for storing user data files in a automated and structured manner -- no direct access. The user runs my VB application, which grabs the desired files, validates them and then stores them using FTP as the transfer protocol. We are moving off the VMS system and onto a Window Server 2003 terabyte server. I could setup an FTP service to do the same process as I'm doing on VMS, however it seems that a disk service might be a better solution (ie more control than just GET and PUT). Yet, I don't want the user to have direct access to the disk service. Again, I'd like to access the service via a VB application which connects to the disk service transparently. Any thoughts on this topic? I hate to answer my own queries, however after further research it appears that the Windows Management Interface (WMI) under the system.management namespace might hold the key. Namely, the connectionoptions, managementscope and managementobject classes facilitate the mapping of remote drives. Here is a good article on the matter: http://www.csharphelp.com/archives2/archive334.html I have been using VB6 for sometime and have moved over to VB.NET and now even C# express. Therefore, I may implement the solution in one of the two latter languages. I'm also looking into Remoting, but not sure how it will relate, if at all. -- Donald G Plugge System Manager NIH/NCI/EIB Flow Cytometry (301)435-6429 Hi Donald,
Honestly, I wouldn't rewrite FTP unless I really had to. What are the features you miss in the FTP protocol? Can a regular file share with tightened NTFS and sharing permissions be a viable alternative? Also, while it is the question of design rather than of the implementation, I don't think is the the right venue either. Please however feel free to drop me a line to dmytrol(-at-)bottleblue.com. ANTISPAM: Change the order of words "blue" and "bottle" and replace (-at-) with @. Show quote "Donald" <plug***@mail.nih.gov> wrote in message news:eilnK7RHGHA.3036@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > > I posted this message on the microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web > newsgroup, however I know think that was the wrong venue. > > Perhaps someone else is trying to do the same thing as I. Currently, I > have a VMS site for storing user data files in a automated and structured > manner -- no direct access. The user runs my VB application, which grabs > the desired files, validates them and then stores them using FTP as the > transfer protocol. We are moving off the VMS system and onto a Window > Server 2003 terabyte server. I could setup an FTP service to do the same > process as I'm doing on VMS, however it seems that a disk service might be > a better solution (ie more control than just GET and PUT). Yet, I don't > want the user to have direct access to the disk service. Again, I'd like > to access the service via a VB application which connects to the disk > service transparently. Any thoughts on this topic? > > I hate to answer my own queries, however after further research it appears > that the Windows Management Interface (WMI) under the system.management > namespace might hold the key. Namely, the connectionoptions, > managementscope and managementobject classes facilitate the mapping of > remote drives. Here is a good article on the matter: > > http://www.csharphelp.com/archives2/archive334.html > > I have been using VB6 for sometime and have moved over to VB.NET and now > even C# express. Therefore, I may implement the solution in one of the > two latter languages. I'm also looking into Remoting, but not sure how it > will relate, if at all. > > -- > Donald G Plugge > System Manager > NIH/NCI/EIB Flow Cytometry > (301)435-6429 >  |
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