UncName

Description

Short story: Convert a drive-based filespec to UNC.

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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):

Find and Convert a Drive Letter, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, January 2000

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

UncName.bas kernel32

mpr

netapi32

svrapi GetComputerName
GetVersionEx
lstrlen
lstrlen
RtlMoveMemory
WNetGetConnection
WNetGetUniversalName
NetApiBufferFree
NetShareEnum
NetShareEnum

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

Module	Library	Function
UncName.bas	kernel32 mpr netapi32 svrapi	GetComputerName GetVersionEx lstrlen lstrlen RtlMoveMemory WNetGetConnection WNetGetUniversalName NetApiBufferFree NetShareEnum NetShareEnum

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