Visual Basic 6 and UNC Paths

Question

I'm receiving feedback from a developer that "The only way visual basic (6) can deal with a UNC path is to map it to a drive." Is this accurate? And, if so, what's the underlying issue and are there any alternatives other than a mapped drive?

Answer 1

Here is one way that works.

Sub Main()

    Dim fs As New FileSystemObject ' Add Reference to Microsoft Scripting Runtime
    MsgBox fs.FileExists("\\server\folder\file.ext")

End Sub