I need this expression modified to create a folder in C:images

 

"cmd /c md " & Quote ( "W:""& SES_SESSIONS::id & "Previews")

"cmd /c md " & Quote ( "c:images" & SES_SESSIONS::id & "Previews")

 

 

However: if you mean on the C drive of the server then this is not going to work.

 

I'm guessing that the W drive points to a network share, right?

If my assumption is correct you could share c:images on the server and map it to the W drive letter

You are correct. It is on the server. I do need to upload images to it from a workstation, so it is a shared folder, but why do I have to designate it a "W" drive?

I was using a "W" drive not on a server, temporarily as I developed the solution.

So you are saying that the folder C:images is shared on the server.  What is the share name?

Lets say the server is named "Mainserver" and each workstation maps to the images folder using X as the drive letter.

Then all you need to do is change the "W" in your original calc with "X"

So I do not have to include the Server name?

No, the concept of a mapped drive is that it makes this:

 

Mainserverimages  (where "Mainserver" is the name of the server and "images" is the name of the share - not necessarily the name of the shared folder!)

 

into this: W:

 

Using mapped drives adds a bit of complexity as:

- sometimes they get "unmapped"

- it has the be the same drive letter for all the users

 

So you may choose to use that UNC format instead of a mapped drive letter.

Finding this Post has certainly made my day easier or at least what im working on clearer but im still left with a slight problem...

 

the solution im working on is cross platform and just to make things interesting they are writing to a NAS drive not a win server.

 

hmmm given the name of this thread i possibly should have started a new post...?

If you want to use the OS-level commands then you you need a mechanism specific to Windows and one to Mac and branch your code depending on the OS of the client.