NetExtender Connection Scripts can support any valid batch file commands. For more information on batch files, see the following Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bat. The following tasks provide an introduction to some commonly used batch file commands.
To map a network drive, enter a command in the following format:
net use drive-letter\\server\share password /user:Domain\name
For example to if the drive letter is z, the server name is engineering, the share is docs, the password is 1234, the user’s domain is eng and the username is admin, the command would be the following:
net use z\\engineering\docs 1234 /user:eng\admin
To disconnect a network drive, enter a command in the following format:
net use drive-letter: /delete
For example, to disconnect network drive z, enter the following command:
net use z: /delete
To map a network printer, enter a command in the following format:
net use LPT1 \\ServerName\PrinterName /user:Domain\name
For example, if the server name is engineering, the printer name is color-print1, the domain name is eng, and the username is admin, the command would be the following:
net use LPT1 \\engineering\color-print1 /user:eng\admin
To disconnect a network printer, enter a command in the following format:
net use LPT1 /delete
To launch an application enter a command in the following format:
C:\Path-to-Application\Application.exe
For example, to launch Microsoft Outlook, enter the following command:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\outlook.exe
To open a Web site in your default browser, enter a command in the following format:
start http://www.website.com
To open a file on your computer, enter a command in the following format:
C:\Path-to-file\myFile.doc