NetUser

Description

Short story: Obtain information about current user, as provided by USER_INFO_3 and GROUP_INFO_2.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

Name the Domain, Q&A, VBPJ Enterprise Edition, 1997

Who Says VB Can't Use Pointers?, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, November 1999

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

CGetDcName.cls kernel32

netapi32

ole32 FreeLibrary
GetModuleHandle
GetProcAddress
LoadLibrary
lstrlen
lstrlen
RtlMoveMemory
DsGetDcName
NetApiBufferFree
StringFromGUID2

CNetUser.cls advapi32
kernel32

netapi32

GetUserName
GetComputerName
GetVersionEx
lstrcpy
lstrlen
RtlMoveMemory
NetApiBufferFree
NetUserChangePassword
NetUserGetGroups
NetUserGetInfo
NetUserGetLocalGroups

MUserName.bas advapi32 GetUserName

Don't see what you're looking for? Here's a complete API cross-reference.

Module	Library	Function
CGetDcName.cls	kernel32 netapi32 ole32	FreeLibrary GetModuleHandle GetProcAddress LoadLibrary lstrlen lstrlen RtlMoveMemory DsGetDcName NetApiBufferFree StringFromGUID2
CNetUser.cls	advapi32 kernel32 netapi32	GetUserName GetComputerName GetVersionEx lstrcpy lstrlen RtlMoveMemory NetApiBufferFree NetUserChangePassword NetUserGetGroups NetUserGetInfo NetUserGetLocalGroups
MUserName.bas	advapi32	GetUserName

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