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Expose BCS as network share to access DAT files?
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 9:08 am
by redbeard1056
Is there a way to expose access to the DAT files as a network share or mapped drive? I'm looking to access the ultemp.dat file once per second and pull that data into a real-time database. My suspicion is that this isn't really a file, but more of a script that queries the BCS and outputs the values to the browser (or code calling the DAT). Any way to expose this as a share or mapped drive without writing code to query and write values to an actual file?
Thanks!
Re: Expose BCS as network share to access DAT files?
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 9:39 am
by JonW
No, it doesn't work that way. Most products with embedded processors don't have full file systems like a Win/Lin/Mac type computer.
The ultemp.dat info is in-memory only and sent as a result of an HTTP request. What language are you using? Maybe someone will have some code to show you how to do the http request / response handling.
Re: Expose BCS as network share to access DAT files?
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:53 pm
by redbeard1056
Gotcha. Not using a language at this point (trying to use one of the native interfaces my DB provides). I can code something up, but was looking to see what out of the box functionality I can leverage first. Thanks!