TID102451 (DXHomMap) - Delphi Sample: Map a Drive to a Home Directory (ActiveX)

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AUTHOR: WSC DOCUMENT ID: TID102451 DOCUMENT REVISION: DATE: 2001/05/30 11:28 AM ALERT STATUS: Yellow INFORMATION TYPE: Issue README FOR: DXHOMMAP.EXE NOVELL PRODUCT CLASS:

NetWare API

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:

NetWare NDK Feb01

CATEGORY:

none

COMPILER:

Delphi 4.0

TARGET OS:

Windows 98

ABSTRACT:

DXHomMap is a Delphi application that illustrates the use of Delphi with NetWare ActiveX controls.

It will allow you to ...

scan objects in the tree
read a user's home directory attribute
convert the home directory attribute to the syntax

//server/volume/path

read your current drive mappings
map a drive to the home directory

This sample is based on the NW Directory control v2.2 NW Session Control v1.3

Prerequisites (run-time): NetWare Client 32 Installation of the NetWare ActiveX controls

You can download Novell's latest ActiveX controls from the DeveloperNet web pages at http://developer.novell.com

Platform: Win9x / WinNT / Win2000

Compilers: Borland Delphi 4.x

Though it was not written for Delphi v1.x (16bit), it could be converted with only minor modifications.

Conversion between 32bit Delphi versions (2.x/3.x/4.x/5.x) should be possible without any (or only minimal) code changes.

General information on how to use Delphi with the NetWare SDK can be found in the HOW-TO.TXT file that can be downloaded as "How2Del.exe" from the TID and sample web site at http://developer.novell.com/support/sample.htm +++

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Self-Extracting File Name: DXHOMMAP.EXE

Files Included: Size Date Time

DXHOMMAP.TXT (this file) SELCONT.DFM 2180 5-25-01 4:07 AM READ.ME 1223 5-25-01 4:07 AM HOMEMAP.CFG 336 5-25-01 4:07 AM UNIT1.DFM 3904 5-25-01 4:07 AM HOMEMAP.DPR 296 5-25-01 4:07 AM SELCONT.PAS 7491 5-25-01 4:07 AM UNIT1.PAS 9978 5-25-01 4:07 AM HOMEMAP.DOF 1254 5-25-01 4:07 AM HOMEMAP.RES 876 5-25-01 4:07 AM DXHOMMAP.MSG 1208 5-25-01 4:07 AM DXHOMMAP.TXT 3067 5-30-01 11:19 AM

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