DConvertPathRequest Class

Used to convert among virtual, local, and UNC paths

class DConvertPathRequest;

File

dtsfc.h

Remarks

Internet Information Server stores its mapping between virtual and local paths in the Metabase. Reading this information from the Metabase is time-consuming and requires access rights that may not be available to a process running in the

web server context. Therefore, the dtSearch Engine caches this information in the registry, under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\dtSearch Corp.\dtSearch\Virtual Roots. By default, the conversion will use the cached table values. Call ConvertPath with the dtsCpRefreshMappings + dtsCpStoreInRegistry flags to update the cached information. (Running dtWebSetup.exe, the dtSearch Web Setup program, will also update this information.)

If path conversion returns a blank string, it means that either (1) the folder passed in does not have a virtual directory associated with it, or (2) the registry tables have not been refreshed since the virtual directory was created.

Data Members

Data Member	Description
ConvertedPath	Result of the conversion
Path	Input path for conversion
TableRegistryKey	Registry key where virtual-to-local tables are kept.

Group

Classes

Methods

Method	Description
MakeLocal	Convert virtual folder name Path to a local path, which will be returned in ConvertedPath
MakeUNC	Convert Path to a UNC path, which will be returned in ConvertedPath
MakeVirtual	Convert local folder name Path to a virtual path, which will be returned in ConvertedPath
RefreshMappings	Read virtual-to-local mappings from the Metabase and store them in the registry.

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