visual foxpro application does not s mapped drives

I may be in the wrong newsgroup, but I was not sure where else to post this. I am having a problem with a Visual Foxpro app. The app asks for a location of data files with a drive listing. The only drives I see, are local drives. I do not see any mapped network drives in the list.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
John

Hi John,
I assume you have a third-party app and you are not the developer. I also assume you have directory permissions to the mapped drives you are expecting to see in the dialog.
It's hard to tell whether the application is using Visual FoxPro's GetDir() function which brings up VFP's own native directory locator (not Windows' dialog), or if the app is using something built by the developer, in which case there's no telling what is going on underneath the dialog window. Also, you haven't said which version of Visual FoxPro the application was built with.
I personally don't have any direct experience with VFP running under Vista but it should run the same as on WinXP.
Sorry I can't help more.
-- Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional cindy@cindywinegarden.com
"John Hill" wrote in message

I am having a problem with a Visual Foxpro app. The app asks for a location of data files with a drive listing. The only drives I see, are local drives. I do not see any mapped network drives in the list.

Thanks Cindy,
Thie app is written with visual foxpro 7.0. I have also been able to determine that the issues has something to do with selecting "Run this program as an administrator" checkbox for the applications shortcut. If I leave this unchecked, the app will run, but the application tries to write a configuration file to a system folder. This gives a warning message, but the application will run. Under XP this app needs be run with administrator priveleges. If I select the "Run this program as an administrator" option, the app does not give the warning message, but it gives me the problem listed in the post above.
Thanks, John
"Cindy Winegarden" wrote in message

Hi John,
I assume you have a third-party app and you are not the developer. I also assume you have directory permissions to the mapped drives you are expecting to see in the dialog.
It's hard to tell whether the application is using Visual FoxPro's GetDir() function which brings up VFP's own native directory locator (not Windows' dialog), or if the app is using something built by the developer, in which case there's no telling what is going on underneath the dialog window. Also, you haven't said which version of Visual FoxPro the application was built with.
I personally don't have any direct experience with VFP running under Vista but it should run the same as on WinXP.
Sorry I can't help more.
-- Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional cindy@cindywinegarden.com
"John Hill" wrote in message
I am having a problem with a Visual Foxpro app. The app asks for a location of data files with a drive listing. The only drives I see, are local drives. I do not see any mapped network drives in the list.

So the obvious question is what account the app is actually running under and does that account have access to the mapped drives? Can you create an administrator account (or give yourself admin rights) on the computer and give that account access to the file server and then log into the computer as that account and test? (I'm not all that great with Windows/Active Directory security.)
-- Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional cindy@cindywinegarden.com
"John C. Hill" wrote in message

Thanks Cindy,
Thie app is written with visual foxpro 7.0. I have also been able to determine that the issues has something to do with selecting "Run this program as an administrator" checkbox for the applications shortcut. If I leave this unchecked, the app will run, but the application tries to write a configuration file to a system folder. This gives a warning message, but the application will run. Under XP this app needs be run with administrator priveleges. If I select the "Run this program as an administrator" option, the app does not give the warning message, but it gives me the problem listed in the post above.
Thanks, John
"Cindy Winegarden" wrote in message Hi John,
I assume you have a third-party app and you are not the developer. I also assume you have directory permissions to the mapped drives you are expecting to see in the dialog.
It's hard to tell whether the application is using Visual FoxPro's GetDir() function which brings up VFP's own native directory locator (not Windows' dialog), or if the app is using something built by the developer, in which case there's no telling what is going on underneath the dialog window. Also, you haven't said which version of Visual FoxPro the application was built with.
I personally don't have any direct experience with VFP running under Vista but it should run the same as on WinXP.
Sorry I can't help more.
-- Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional cindy@cindywinegarden.com
"John Hill" wrote in message
I am having a problem with a Visual Foxpro app. The app asks for a location of data files with a drive listing. The only drives I see, are local drives. I do not see any mapped network drives in the list.