If you know C/C++

[plenderj]

If you know c/c++, could you take a look at this thread :
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...threadid=76121

[ccoder]

I just looked at the C code and it looks pretty straight forward.

What message, if any, are you getting? Also, please post the Shell statement that you use to execute the app.

[plenderj]

Well when I try to compile the code, I get these errors :

--------------------Configuration: share - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
share.cpp
c:\jamie\share.cpp(28) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'void *' to 'struct share_info_50 *'
        Conversion from 'void*' to pointer to non-'void' requires an explicit cast
Error executing cl.exe.

share.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

If I use his piece of code :

   malloc(cbBuffer);
   // instead of :
   pBuf = malloc(cbBuffer);

I dont get the above error, but get this one instead :

--------------------Configuration: share - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
share.cpp
Linking...
share.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__NetShareAdd@16
Debug/share.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.

share.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)

And I would either stick the compiled executable into a login script, or shell it just as retVal = Shell("\\ntserver\shared\blah.exe")

[ccoder]

Try casting the result from malloc.

pBuf = (struct share_info_50*) malloc(cbBuffer);

You need pBuf as it is the pointer to the memory area allocated by malloc.

[plenderj]

Okay that bit worked, but im still left with the second problem :

--------------------Configuration: share - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
share.cpp
Linking...
share.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__NetShareAdd@16
Debug/share.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.

share.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)

[Pallex]

i`d suggest making sure you are including all relevant header (.h) files!

[ccoder]

I've done a little looking around and I have to say I'm a bit mystified. At http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ps...api3_8yk2.htm, it says share_info_50 is defined in srvapi.h, which you have as the last include in your code. However, I searched the header file and I can't find it.

I also saw that share_info_50 is not supported in Windows NT/2000. Will this be a problem for you?

Don't know how much more help I can be.

[plenderj]

As far as I can tell I am.
I took the code as is off the microsoft website.

And as I know very little c my bug tracking is severly hindered

[plenderj]

/me starts crying


Emmmmm.
Well its all super confusing to me anyway.

And the fact that its not compatible with nt/2k will be a very big problem.