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Puzzle 22
What Is That Mapped Drive? Part 2 |
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Now that you know how to obtain the server information for a mapped local drive, how do you obtain other information, such as the name of the network provider? |
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The WNetGetResourceInformation function can be used to obtain information about a network resource by loading a NETRESOURCE structure for the resource. This structure is defined in the API documentation as follows: |
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typedef struct _NETRESOURCE { // nr
DWORD dwScope;
DWORD dwType;
DWORD dwDisplayType;
DWORD dwUsage;
LPTSTR lpLocalName;
LPTSTR lpRemoteName;
LPTSTR lpComment;
LPTSTR lpProvider;
} NETRESOURCE; |
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The WNetGetResourceInformation function is defined as follows: |
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DWORD WNetGetResourceInformation (
LPNETRESOURCE lpNetResource, // Specifies the network resource
// for which information is required
LPVOID lpBuffer, // Specifies a buffer to contain
// the information
LPDWORD lpcbBuffer, // Specifies the size of the buffer
// pointed to by lpBuffer
LPTSTR *lplpSystem // Pointer to a string in the
// output buffer
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The lpNetResource parameter is a pointer to a NETRESOURCE structure that defines the network resource for which to obtain information. The |
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