Most of the places online explain how to connect and read data hosted by a smb server. Wikipedia explains more about smb at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block
So what I am trying to do is to be able to open a file (located on the internet) from windows eplorer as:
I need to add this functionality to a program that I am creating. If it is to complicated to create such server I guess I will not do it but I want to try my best. I found this link which might help me do what I am looking for at: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/309936/Csharp-NET-Network-File-System-NFS-Server But I cannot make it work.
I will appreciate very much if I can have a hello world
example where I put the ip of the server on windows and it shows me a directory with the name hello world. I plan to run the server on a windows computer.
Also, it does not have to be a smb server. Any type of server that will enable me to browse for the files on windows.