NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  VB sample code to get all connection information from client
AUTHOR:  RLE
DOCUMENT ID:  TID102024
DOCUMENT REVISION:  
DATE:  1998/12/7 2:53 AM
ALERT STATUS:  Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:  Issue
README FOR:  VBCONINF.EXE
NOVELL PRODUCT CLASS:

NetWare API

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:

NetWare default

CATEGORY:

none

COMPILER:

Visual Basic 5.0

TARGET OS:

Windows NT 4.0 WKS SP3

ABSTRACT:

VB sample code which demonstrates how to use DLL function calls in VB
when getting all connection information about the client connection.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

VB sample code which demonstrates how to use DLL function calls in VB
when getting all connection information about the client connection.
The most important calls used: NWDSScanConnsForTrees(),NWDSWhoAmI(), NWDSMapIDToName(), NWCCScanConnRefs(), NWCCGetAllConnRefInfo(), NWCCOpenConnByRef() and NWGetObjectName().
This code produces output very similar to what you can get from your Win95/WinNT client`s  "NetWare Connection" option.
No error handling is implemented to keep the code simple.


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Self-Extracting File Name:  VBCONINF.EXE

Files Included:		Size	Date	Time

VBCONINF.TXT	(this file)
TREE.ICO		318	12-7-98    2:52 AM
NOTAUTH.ICO		318	12-7-98    2:52 AM
MODULE1.BAS		4190	12-7-98    2:52 AM
CONNINFO.VBW		79	12-7-98    2:52 AM
CONNECT.ICO		318	12-7-98    2:52 AM
CONNINFO.FRX		0	12-7-98    2:52 AM
CONNINFO.FRM		13221	12-7-98    2:52 AM
CONNINFO.VBP		667	12-7-98    2:52 AM
VBCONINF.MSG		141	12-7-98    2:52 AM

Installation Instructions:

VBCONINF.EXE can be found on:
The DeveloperNet Support World Wide Web site (developer.novell.com/engsup/sample/new.htm)

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