How to acess file from another computer in the network

I would like to know how to search a particular fi开发者_开发知识库le and access that file by specifying the file name in a search text box from same network just by giving the ip address and password. I am a newbie and it would be great if some one helps me out.

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Araf, you should first create a network share on the target machine then you can simply open the file from that network share using a UNC path, something like this:

\\machinename\ShareName\filename.txt

this should also work if you use ip address instead of machine name.