Addd Net Connect Win98 vs W2K

[Tom Rudski]

In Win98 I knew how this code works, now on W2K
Professional I am getting an error.
Code:
Status = WNetAddConnection(SvrName,Password,DriveLetter)

Error:
"The local device name is invalid."

In Win98, I use to use:
SvrName = "\\<Server name>\IPC$", also used the IP Addr.
Password as "11111' or "Guest"
Drive <any available drive letter>

Is the error from W2K OS?
I tries assigning a drive to my within my own PC and still
get the error.
I think I don't know how to format the NCname param.
I tried attaching to known drive letter server name i.e.
\\law\trudski$\. That produced the same error.
Why can't I even attach to my own internal address?

Any ideas.

TIA

 

[Rob Bovey]

Hi Tom,

The following works for me. Substitute your own share name and unused
drive letter. Also note that for Windows 2000/XP the password must be the
same password you are logged in with.

Private Declare Function WNetAddConnectionA Lib "mpr.dll" _
(ByVal lpRemoteName As String, _
ByVal lpPassword As String, _
ByVal lpLocalName As String) As Long


Sub TestConnect()

Dim lReturn As Long
Dim szRemoteName As String
Dim szPassword As String
Dim szLocalName As String

szRemoteName = "\\Server\Share"
szPassword = "password"
szLocalName = "Z:"

lReturn = WNetAddConnectionA(szRemoteName, szPassword, szLocalName)

If lReturn <> 0 Then MsgBox "Connection failed."

End Sub

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Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP
Application Professionals
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