Question

I am trying to create a function to convert a mapped drive path to a UNC path. I did some googling and found several different pages on the matter. I am most interested in the first one, but I cannot seem to get the code to cooperate. Since the original post was in C#, here is my VB.NET conversion:

Public Shared Function GetUniversalName(ByVal sFilePath As String) As String     If sFilePath = String.Empty OrElse sFilePath.IndexOf(':') Then         Return sFilePath     End If     If sFilePath.StartsWith('\') Then         Return (New Uri(sFilePath)).ToString()     End If      Dim searcher As New ManagementObjectSearcher('SELECT RemoteName FROM win32_NetworkConnection WHERE LocalName = '' + sFilePath.Substring(0, 2) + ''')     For Each managementObject As ManagementObject In searcher.[Get]()         Dim sRemoteName As String = TryCast(managementObject('RemoteName'), String)         sRemoteName += sFilePath.Substring(2)         Return (New Uri(sRemoteName)).ToString()     Next     Return sFilePath End Function 

I have imported System.Management, but VS2008 says ManagementObjectSearcher and ManagementObject are not defined. Can anyone push me in the right direction?

Answer 1

You need to add System.Management in your references as well.