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   Message 8,968 of 10,840   
   Jason Keats to Chris   
   Re: Logging into to a Server   
   11 Nov 04 00:38:57   
   
   From: jkeats@melbpcDeleteThis.org.au   
      
   Chris wrote:   
   > Hello All,   
   >   
   > I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.  This is   
   > outside of my experience with VB.  I have an application (written in   
   > VB.NET) that allows a user to enter a part of the file name and all   
   > matches in a specific directory are copied to the user's desktop.   
   > It's a simple but useful tool. Now an outside company requires access   
   > to the data.  The files have been moved to a server accessible via   
   > the internet (i.e. outside the firewall) so the other company can   
   > access the files.  Both companies are going to use this program.   
   > Since this server is not on our (or any) domain I must log into that   
   > server.  Therein lies my question.  How do I programmatically supply   
   > a user name and password to the server?  We do not want the other   
   > company to know the user name and password to the server.   
   >   
   > Thank you for your help.   
   >   
   >   
   > Chris   
      
   I see no reason why your users have to login to your server. Can't you just   
   write a web service to handle this?   
      
   Of course, as this group is for VB6 (and below), rather than VB.NET, you   
   should look for a group with "dotnet" in the name to ask further questions.   
      
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