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The arguments in the function prototype I found are:

  NetShareAdd (
    const char *,
    short ,
    const char * ,
    unsigned short);

but the code you show calls it as if it were:

  NetShareAdd (
    wchar_t,
    short,
    const unsigned char *,
    unsigned long);

.  Ed

> nivekski wrote in message
> news:449bf567@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> The code below returns the following errors
> [C++ Error] mtt.cpp(44): E2034 Cannot convert 'char *' to 'wchar_t'
> [C++ Error] mtt.cpp(44): E2141 Declaration syntax error
> [C++ Error] mtt.cpp(46): E2034 Cannot convert 'wchar_t' to 'wchar_t *'
> [C++ Error] mtt.cpp(50): E2034 Cannot convert 'char *' to 'wchar_t *'
> [C++ Error] mtt.cpp(51): E2034 Cannot convert 'char *' to 'wchar_t *'
> [C++ Error] mtt.cpp(63): E2034 Cannot convert 'int' to 'wchar_t *'
> [C++ Error] mtt.cpp(63): E2342 Type mismatch in parameter 'servername' 
> (wanted 'wchar_t *', got 'wchar_t')
>
> Any thoughts please folks?
>
> void __fastcall TmainForm::create_share(void)
> {
>
>  NET_API_STATUS res;
>  SHARE_INFO_2 p;
>  DWORD parm_err = 0;
>  wchar_t shareName = "DTTServer"
>
>  p.shi2_netname = TEXT(shareName);
>  p.shi2_type = STYPE_DISKTREE; // disk drive
>  p.shi2_remark = TEXT(shareName);
>  p.shi2_permissions = ACCESS_ALL;
>  p.shi2_max_uses = -1;
>  p.shi2_current_uses = 0;
>  p.shi2_path = TEXT("C:\\DTTServer\\");
>  p.shi2_passwd = NULL; // no password
>
>  res=NetShareAdd(shareName, 2, (LPBYTE) &p, &parm_err);
>  if(res==0) re1->Text = "Share created.\n";
>  else re1->Text = "Error: %u\tparmerr=%u\n", res, parm_err;