Comments on: UNC Path

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:48:00 +0000

I am trying to get network printers to work from buttons in excel. Special users so the easier I make it the easier my life is etc...

Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
shell "cmd /c " & "\617DOM02HL_QUAYSREACH_XEROXM35", vbNormalFocus
End Sub

This doesn't seem to work, can anyone see any glaring errors?

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:02:00 +0000

Hi Dick,
Nice article !

I like this code:

?application.CommandBars("Web").Controls("Address:").text
\Server1AllCompaniesDKIncProductionAPM1553Purchase.xls

In my case I have many excel files open at the same time. Is there a way to point directly to a file without having to select/activate it? something like using "ThisWorkbook" instead of "Application"?

Thank you very much.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:34:00 +0000

@Jack
If you browse to the folder in My Computer using 'My Network Places' then the UNC path will be displayed in the address bar. Note that you will need to enable the Folder option 'Display full path in the address bar' in Tools>View to see the full path.

Alternatively, your network administrator should be able to tell you the UNC path to the folder.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:12:00 +0000

Hi all,

I'm having problems writing some VBA code in Excel where the openfile dialog box opens to a specific UNC path, as the drive letter for the path is different on everyone's PC but alot of people will need to use the macro I'm writing.

Please can someone show me some basic code that any user can run which will open to a default UNC path?

Thanks,
Jack

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NTTN.NL : Alle schijfmappings tonen mbv VBA — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:35:00 +0000

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By: Fraz

Fraz — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:15:00 +0000

Hi All

Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
the above line is giving me runtime error 424 any1 experience the problem..
i changed the code from
DrivesStr = "Network drive Mappings:" & Chr(13)
to DrivesStr = "Q:" & Chr(13)
and
DrivesStr = DrivesStr & "Drive " & oDrives.Item(i) & " = " & oDrives.Item(i + 1) & Chr(13) to
DrivesStr = DrivesStr & "Q " & oDrives.Item(i) & " = " & oDrives.Item(i + 1) & Chr(13)

were these the correct changes?
appreciate your help thanks,
Fraz

By: John Nevill

John Nevill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:37:00 +0000

Emily! THANK YOU!

MS Access VBA cannot handle UNC when connecting to databases on networked drives. I've been writing up an access application for the past month that connects out to a database on a network drive, but everyone using the program has a different drive letter. You're little bit of code saved the day! I was able to search for the server and determine the drive, then pass that back to a docmd.transferdatabase.

Bravo!

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:32:00 +0000

I need to do the opposite of what you did in your article.
Our IT company keeps making changes & the UNC links in Excel become invalid because of it.
We need to use the mapped drive letter system so when the IT guys change things they don't mess us up.
The only kind of link I've been able to put into Excel is a UNC, I can browse to the mapped drive letter when I insert the link, but after I'm finished it automatically converts it into a UNC.
How do I keep this from happening? I'm using Excel 2003 SP1

Thanks in advance.

By: DiegoAndresJAY

DiegoAndresJAY — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:09:00 +0000

Emily is my hero!!!

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:43:00 +0000

I want this code in C#. I am not getting the text property of my commandbar button. how to handle it in C#?