NetUserChangePassword

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How can I use this function?

Public Declare Function NetUserChangePassword Lib "Netapi32.dll" (Domain As Any, User As Any, OldPass As Byte, NewPass As Byte) As Long

I have no isea for it because I don't know why the data type of OldPass and NewPass is Byte.

[YosiHarari]

Hey,
Why Don't U Use ADSI ?
There is function of the User object - "SetPassword".
Much Easier and the differences in the speed are minors.

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How can I use ADSI and what is it?

[YosiHarari]

Hey,
ADSI is Actice Directory Service Interface.
It's few dll's that make the access to the network, the domain, computers, services and users real easy.
U can manage all your network with ADSI.
U Add a reference to "Active DS Type Library".
U define var as IadsUser, and when U'll right "MyVar." , U'll see it's properties.

[Frans C]

Whoever wrote the api declaration did a poor job. BTW, there are some mistakes in the API viewer, but mostly they are correct.

Here is an example of using the NetUserChangePassword api.

Private Declare Function NetUserChangePassword Lib "netapi32.dll" (ByVal Domain As String, ByVal User As String, ByVal OldPass As String, ByVal NewPass As String) As Long

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim retVal As Long
Dim sDomain As String
Dim sUser As String
Dim sOldPass As String
Dim sNewPass As String
    sDomain = vbNullString ' use the logon domain
    sUser = StrConv("test123", vbUnicode) ' use vbNullString to change the currently logged on user's password
    sOldPass = StrConv("test123", vbUnicode)
    sNewPass = StrConv("123test", vbUnicode)
    retVal = NetUserChangePassword(sDomain, sUser, sOldPass, sNewPass)
End Sub

PS if you want you can change the declaration to Public if you use a bas module for it.