WNetAddConnection2 Problems

[ZangTT]

I am having some trouble with getting WNetAddConnection2 API call in vb6 to work with any UserID other than a user that is in the Administrator Group. The error code that is returned by the system is always 1208. Here is the Code I'm using:

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Public Declare Function WNetAddConnection2 Lib "mpr.dll" Alias "WNetAddConnection2A" _
(lpNetResource As NETRESOURCE, _
ByVal lpPassword As String, _
ByVal lpUserName As String, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long) _
As Long

Public Declare Function WNetCancelConnection2 Lib "mpr.dll" Alias "WNetCancelConnection2A" _
(ByVal lpName As String, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
ByVal fForce As Long) _
As Long


Public Const ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED = 2250&
Public Const ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR = 1208&
Public Const ERROR_MORE_DATA = 234
Public Const ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED = 5&
Public Const ERROR_ALREADY_ASSIGNED = 85&
Public Const ERROR_BAD_NET_NAME = 67&
Public Const ERROR_BAD_DEV_TYPE = 66&
Public Const ERROR_BUSY = 170&
Public Const ERROR_CANNOT_OPEN_PROFILE = 1205&
Public Const ERROR_DEVICE_ALREADY_REMEMBERED = 1202&
Public Const ERROR_INVALID_PASSWORD = 86&
Public Const ERROR_NO_NET_OR_BAD_PATH = 1203&
Public Const ERROR_NO_NETWORK = 1222&


Public Const RESOURCETYPE_ANY = &H0
Public Const RESOURCETYPE_DISK = &H1
Public Const RESOURCETYPE_PRINT = &H2

Public Const CONNECT_UPDATE_PROFILE = &H0

Public Type NETRESOURCE
dwScope As Long
dwType As Long
dwDisplayType As Long
dwUsage As Long
lpLocalName As String
lpRemoteName As String
lpComment As String
lpProvider As String
End Type


Dim lRes&, sRes$, sPass$, sUser$
Dim udtNet As NETRESOURCE
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Sub ConnectDrive()

With udtNet
.dwType = RESOURCETYPE_DISK
.lpLocalName = "W:" & Chr(0)
.lpRemoteName = "\\ServerName\HiddenShareName$" & Chr(0)
End With

sUser = "NonAdministrativeUser" & Chr(0)
sPass = "password" & Chr(0)

lRes = WNetAddConnection2(udtNet, ByVal sPass, ByVal sUser, CONNECT_UPDATE_PROFILE)

End Sub
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Sub DisconnectDrive()

lRes = WNetCancelConnection2("W:", CONNECT_UPDATE_PROFILE, False)


End Sub

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Can anyone offer some insight into either solving the problem or finding out how to get the Extended Error Information?

Thanks in Advance.

[Frans C]

this reply is a bit late, but I found the question when I searched for something similar. If you still need an answer, you can try the following:
According to the MSDN library, the error is network specific. You can call WNetGetLastError to get additional information about the specific error.

Public Declare Function WNetGetLastError Lib "mpr.dll" Alias "WNetGetLastErrorA" (lpError As Long, ByVal lpErrorBuf As String, ByVal nErrorBufSize As Long, ByVal lpNameBuf As String, ByVal nNameBufSize As Long) As Long

[ZangTT]

I gave this a try and I cant seem to find the correct way to impliment the wnetgetlasterror... If possible could you provide and example of this.

Thanks

[Frans C]

This is out of the blue, because I don't have an error to test it with.
I think it should work though.

in a module:

Option Explicit

Public Declare Function WNetGetLastError Lib "mpr.dll" Alias "WNetGetLastErrorA" (lpError As Long, ByVal lpErrorBuf As String, ByVal nErrorBufSize As Long, ByVal lpNameBuf As String, ByVal nNameBufSize As Long) As Long

Public Function GetLastNetError(ByRef ErrNum, ByRef ErrDesc, ByRef errProvider)
Dim retVal As Long
Dim pos As Integer
    ErrDesc = Space(256)
    errProvider = Space(256)
    retVal = WNetGetLastError(ErrNum, ErrDesc, 255&, errProvider, 255&)
    pos = InStr(ErrDesc, Chr(0))
    If pos > 0 Then
        ErrDesc = Left(ErrDesc, pos - 1)
    End If
    pos = InStr(errProvider, Chr(0))
    If pos > 0 Then
        errProvider = Left(errProvider, pos - 1)
    End If
End Function

And you could call it like this:

Option Explicit

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim ErrNo As Long
Dim ErrDesc As String
Dim ErrSource As String
    Call GetLastNetError(ErrNo, ErrDesc, ErrSource)
    MsgBox "Error from " & ErrSource & vbCrLf & "No : " & ErrNo & vbCrLf & ErrDesc
End Sub