CNetService

The Microsoft. Win32. API provides Windows networking (WNet) functions, providing networking capabilities for applications. The WNet functions are network independent, enabling an application to query and control network connections directly without knowledge of the underlying network transports.

CNetService is a C++ class which wraps methods around each of the WNet functions, providing an object-oriented interface to these functions, grouping common variables and structures in a single class object. This allows focusing on the network project rather than the structures required by WNet.

The following WNet functions are used in CNetService:

WNetAddConnection3
WNetGetConnection
WNetCancelConnection2
WNetEnumResource
WNetCloseEnum
WNetOpenEnum
WNetGetNetworkInformation
WNetGetProviderName
WNetGetResourceInformation
WNetGetUniversalName
WNetGetUser
WNetGetLastError

CNetService contains the following methods, fully documented in the download file:

Method	Function
Constructor	Initializes the class.
AddConnection	Creates the specified network connection.
CloseEnum	Ends a network resource enumeration.
EnumerateNext	Continues an enumeration of network resources.
EnumerateResource	Continues an enumeration of resources.
Error	Value in GetLastError.
ErrorMessage	Message associated with GetLastError.
GetNetInfo	Get a pointer to NETINFOSTRUCT.
GetNetStatus	Get the network status.
GetNetType	Get the network type code.
GetNetInfoPrinters	Bit vector of valid print devices.
GetNetInfoDrives	Bit vector of valid disk devices.
GetProviderName	Returns the network provider name.
GetUNC	Retrieves the UNC representing a network share.
NetConnect	Creates the specified network connection.
NetDisconnect	Disconnect from the specified network connection.
NetError	Value of WNetGetLastError.
NetErrorMessage	Message associated with WNetGetLastError.
NetErrorProvider	Name of provider returning WNetGetLastError.
NetUser	Returns the connection owner name (account).
NetworkInformation	Information about a specific network transport.
OpenEnum	Starts an enumeration of network resources.
OSVersion	Version of the operating system currently running.
ResourceDisplayType	ResourceDisplayType from NETRESOURCE structure.
Result	Result of last operation.
ServiceError	Value in ServiceError.
ServiceErrorMessage	Message associated with ServiceError.
UNCRemotePath	Return the remote share path (see GetUNC).
UNCRemoteServer	Return the remote share name (see GetUNC).
UniversalName	Return the complete share name (see GetUNC).

Installing the Class

To use this class,

1. Copy CNetService.cpp and CNetService.h to the same directory as your project or class libraries;
2. Include CNetService.cpp and CNetService.h in your project;
3. Add CNetService.h to any modules which make reference to CNetService or one of its' methods or variables. This will normally take the form of
   #include "CNetService.h"
   in the header files in which the CNetService object is declared.
4. Include mpr.lib in the linker. In VisualC++, this is accomplished by adding mpr.lib to your project settings dialog, link tab, object/library modules entry.

Sample Application

A VisualC++ 6 workspace containing several sample projects is included with the CNetService download:

NetConnect

A Windows console program which connects a local drive to a network resource.

NetEnum

A Windows console program which enumerates current network resources to a console window.

WNetEnum

A Windows dialog which enumerates current network resources in a graphical manner.

WNetEnum

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WNetEnum is a Microsoft. Windows NT. program to enumerate current network resources in a graphical manner.

Features:

• Enumerates current network servers, workstations and resources.


• VisualC++ project and source code.
• Based on CNetService class.

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