Map Drive Letter with LISP?

[vsheehan]

I would like to create a button that maps a drive letter to a server. I'm currently using a .bat with the NET USE command to map the drive. Is there also a way to execute a .bat from the command line?

Thanks,
Vince

[Tom Beauford]

I've done that before with a batch file as well. Putting the file in the support path makes it easier to find and you don't have to worry about file paths. To load and run leave off the BAT extension. The CUIX macro might look like:

 ^C^C^P(or C:ClrTbls (load "ClrTbls"));ClrTbls

Our G: drive is mapped to \\Pubworks\Sys2\USERS\ENGDESGN. To open the folder I use the following macro in my CUIX:

 ^C^C^P(startapp "explorer" (strcat (chr 47) "n," (chr 47) "e, " (chr 47) "root, " (chr 92) (chr 92) "Pubworks" (chr 92) "Sys2" (chr 92) "USERS" (chr 92) "ENGDESGN"))(princ)

Don't know if that helps, but it avoids the risk that someone who uses it may already be using that drive letter.

[vsheehan]

Cool. Thanks for the code. I ended up using Shell and path to the batch file.

Thanks,
Vince