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#199118 - 2010-07-26 11:27 PM Drive mapping depending on workstation
choey Offline
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I am currently using CASE @ LSERVER = "servename" so clients get drive mappings depending on the the server they logon to.

Ex: Case @LServer = '\\ps01-fs1' Or @LServer = '\\ps01-fs2'
use g: '\\ps01-fs1\apps'
use r: '\\ps01-fs1\resources'

Case @LServer = '\\ps02-fs1' Or @LServer = '\\ps02-fs2'
use g: '\\ps02-fs1\apps'
use r: '\\ps02-fs1\resources'

Now I would like the drive mappings to depend on the workstation they logon to, instead of the server. All our workstation names are prefixed for the building they are in, ex: ps12-room1-01, ps13-room2-03, ps14.

Is there a wildcard I can use with the wksta command? an someone please provide me with the proper syntax?

Thank you,
Chris
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#199119 - 2010-07-26 11:57 PM Re: Drive mapping depending on workstation [Re: choey]
eriqjaffe Offline
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Loc: Arlington Heights, IL USA
You can use INSTR to look for value inside a string (or a macro).

 Code:
Select
Case Instr(@WKSTA,"ps12")
     ; map drives for ps12
Case Instr(@WKSTA,"ps13")
     ; map drives for ps13
Case 1
     ; Default set of mapped drives for anything else
EndSelect

Edited by eriqjaffe (2010-07-26 11:59 PM)
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#199121 - 2010-07-27 08:35 AM Re: Drive mapping depending on workstation [Re: eriqjaffe]
Richard H. Administrator Offline
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 Quote:
Is there a wildcard I can use with the wksta command? an someone please provide me with the proper syntax?


No, KiXtart does not have any pattern matching built-in.

InStr() can be used as a "match anywhere" substitute as in the code provided above, but if you want to check for a prefix you should anchor to the front of the string:
 Code:
Select
Case Instr(@WKSTA,"ps12")=1
     ; map drives for ps12
Case Instr(@WKSTA,"ps13")=1
     ; map drives for ps13
Case 1
     ; Default set of mapped drives for anything else
EndSelect

Edited by Richard H. (2010-07-27 08:49 AM)
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#199122 - 2010-07-27 03:49 PM Re: Drive mapping depending on workstation [Re: Richard H.]
choey Offline
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Registered: 2007-12-03
Posts: 5
Thank you for your replies and please pardon my thickness. I'm confused between the 2 replies. I want any PC that starts with PS12 (the entire names would be ps12-client1, ps12-client2 and so on) to map specific drives. Would it be like the following?

Case Instr(@WKSTA,"ps12")=1
use g: '\\ps12-fs1\apps'
use r: '\\ps12-fs1\resources'

Case Instr(@WKSTA,"ps13")=1
use g: '\\ps13-fs1\apps'
use r: '\\ps13-fs1\resources'

Here is what I am currently using and it works great (I need to change to workstations though.

Case @LServer = '\\ps12-fs1' Or @LServer = '\\ps12-fs2'
use g: '\\ps12-fs1\apps'
use r: '\\ps12-fs1\resources'
Case @LServer = '\\ps12A-fs1' Or @LServer = '\\ps12A-fs2'
use g: '\\ps12A-fs1\apps'
use r: '\\ps12A-fs1\resources'

Thank you all again
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#199123 - 2010-07-27 04:15 PM Re: Drive mapping depending on workstation [Re: choey]
Mart Moderator Offline
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If it is always the first four characters in the workstation name that you need to check then this should do the trick.
 Code:
Select
	Case Left(@WKSTA, 4) = "ps12"
		Use g: '\\ps12-fs1\apps'
		Use r: '\\ps12-fs1\resources'
	Case Left(@WKSTA, 4) = "ps13"
		Use g: '\\ps13-fs1\apps'
		Use r: '\\ps13-fs1\resources'
EndSelect
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#199124 - 2010-07-27 05:07 PM Re: Drive mapping depending on workstation [Re: choey]
Richard H. Administrator Offline
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Yes, that code will work fine.

The difference between the two responses is a subtle one.

Say you wanted to check for a machine that starts "FILE*", you could use
 Code:
If InStr(@WKSTA,"FILE") ...


This will correctly match FILESRV001, FILESRV002 and so on. Unfortunately it will also match "BACKUPFILESERVER" and any other name which has the text FILE in it somewhere.

As you want to do a prefix match we just check that the matched string starts in position 1:
 Code:
If InStr(@WKSTA,"FILE")=1 ...


The results are:
InStr("FILESRV001","FILE") returns 1, so matches
InStr("FILESRV002","FILE") returns 1, so matches
InStr("BACKUPFILESERVER","FILE") returns 7, so does not match
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#199125 - 2010-07-27 06:52 PM Re: Drive mapping depending on workstation [Re: Richard H.]
choey Offline
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Registered: 2007-12-03
Posts: 5
Mart's solution works beautifully - thank you very much to everyone.

Chris
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