Need an API function to check for/map network drive under Win32

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2 total messages Started by Slick Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:00

#18

Author: Slick
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:00

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Client has two PCs in a Win95 peer network using Netbui.  The
computers always "see" each other, but sometimes the drive mappings go
haywire.  I need a way to check for an active connection to a remote
drive, and a way to connect to said drive if the connection is broken.
(An API function to map the drive would be sufficient, I could just
map it every time.)

Please email any responses,and thanx in advance!
slick@novagate.net

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Re: Need an API function to check for/map network drive under Win32

#17

Author: David Davidson
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:00

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Here's code to map a drive:

Private Type NETRESOURCE
        dwScope As Long
        dwType As Long
        dwDisplayType As Long
        dwUsage As Long
        lpLocalName As String
        lpRemoteName As String
        lpComment As String
        lpProvider As String
End Type

Private Declare Function WNetAddConnection2 Lib "mpr.dll" Alias
"WNetAddConnection2A" (lpNetResource As NETRESOURCE, ByVal lpPassword As
String, ByVal lpUserName As String, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long

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Here's a sample to map \\DavidsonD\win95 to N:

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Const RESOURCETYPE_DISK = &H1
Const DEFAULT_CONNECT_DRIVE = "N:"

Dim NetworkConnection As NETRESOURCE
Dim NetworkPassword As String
Dim result as Long

UNCPath = "\\DavidsonD\win95"
NetworkPassword = "password"
NetworkConnection.dwType = RESOURCETYPE_DISK
NetworkConnection.lpLocalName = DEFAULT_CONNECT_DRIVE
NetworkConnection.lpRemoteName = UNCPath
result = WNetAddConnection2(NetworkConnection, NetworkPassword, "", 0)

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