WNetGetLastError.md

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Function name : WNetGetLastError

Group: Windows Networking - Library: odbc32

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The WNetGetLastError function retrieves the most recent extended error code set by a WNet function.

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Code examples:

Retrieving a universal form for the drive-based path for a network resource
Connecting a local device to a network resource

Declaration:

DWORD WNetGetLastError(
  LPDWORD lpError,     // error code
  LPTSTR lpErrorBuf,   // error description buffer
  DWORD nErrorBufSize, // size of description buffer
  LPTSTR lpNameBuf,    // buffer for provider name
  DWORD nNameBufSize   // size of provider name buffer
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER WNetGetLastError IN mpr;
	INTEGER @ lpError,;
	STRING  @ lpErrorBuf,;
	INTEGER   nErrorBufSize,;
	STRING  @ lpNameBuf,;
	INTEGER   nNameBufSize
  

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Parameters:

lpError [out] Pointer to the variable that receives the error code reported by the network provider. The error code is specific to the network provider.

lpErrorBuf [out] Pointer to the buffer that receives the null-terminated string describing the error.

nErrorBufSize [in] Specifies the size, in characters, of the buffer pointed to by the lpErrorBuf parameter.

lpNameBuf [out] Pointer to the buffer that receives the null-terminated string identifying the network provider that raised the error.

nNameBufSize [in] Specifies the size, in characters, of the buffer pointed to by the lpNameBuf parameter.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, and it obtains the last error that the network provider reported, the return value is NO_ERROR.

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