Variable issue. Drive will not map.

[dcjohnston]

This is the line that works.

Runwait("net use f: \\" & $server1 & "\vol1\apps\Testdir")  ; map f: drive to apps directory

I want the \vol1\apps\Testdir to come from an ini file with:

This is the section in the .ini file

;-----------------path to pltrsm directory.

[Path]

mapping = \vol1\apps\testdir

$path1 = iniRead("c:\servers.ini", "Path", "mapping", "" )

but the drive will not map when I run the net use command with the following:

Runwait("net use f: \\" & $server1 & " & $path1")

I know it is something with my variable but I have tried everything.

Thanks

Dave

[CyberSlug]

I think you have an extra & inside quotes

Runwait("net use f: \\" & $server1 & " & $path1")

Runwait("net use f: \\" & $server1 & "$path1")

[ioliver]

I may be mistaken, but I think Runwait("net use f: \\" & $server1 & "$path1") should be Runwait("net use f: \\" & $server1 & $path1).

If you put "" around $path1, AutoIt sees it as a constant, not a variable.

Ian

[JSThePatriot]

Ian you are correct. You beat me to it. You cannot put quotes around a variable.

RunWait("net use f: \\" & $server1 & $path1)

Copy and paste that and you should be good to go dcjohnston.

JS

[Matt @ MPCS]

I am surprised no one else has pointed this out, but if you need to enclose your variable in quotes to execute you could do:

RunWait("net use f: \\" & '"' & $server1 &  $path1 & '"')

Assuming $server1 = "MyServer" and $path1 = "\vol1\apps\Testdir" this will look something like:

net use f: "\\MyServer\vol1\apps\Testdir"

This is only useful though if the UNC contains spaces. Hope this helps!

*** Matt @ MPCS

[JSThePatriot]

I am surprised no one else has pointed this out, but if you need to enclose your variable in quotes to execute you could do:

RunWait("net use f: \\" & '"' & $server1 &  $path1 & '"')

Assuming $server1 = "MyServer" and $path1 = "\vol1\apps\Testdir" this will look something like:

This is only useful though if the UNC contains spaces. Hope this helps!

*** Matt @ MPCS

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Very good Matt... always showing us up! :-P Yea I didnt catch that, but never again will I not

JS