Here's an LBB version of a demo program posted recently by Chris Iverson, demonstrating that UNC paths work without any need to use direct API calls:
Code: print "Attempting to open test document on SysInternals share."
print "This may take a while, depending on your internet connection..."
print
open "\\live.sysinternals.com\Tools\About_This_Site.txt" for input as #hFile
print hwnd(#hFile)
while not(eof(#hFile))
input #hFile, a$
print a$
wend
close #hFile
You may find that the program takes a long time to open the file, or even times out and fails to open it at all, depending on the availability of the SysInternals server at the time.
Richard.
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