Retrieving a User Name (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

An application can use the WNetGetUser function to retrieve the name of the user associated with a connected network resource. The following code example shows how WNetGetUser function retrieves a user name based on a device name called MyDevice.

TCHAR szUserName[80];
DWORD dwResult, 
      cchBuffer = 80;

dwResult = WNetGetUser (TEXT("MyDevice"), szUserName, &cchBuffer);

if (dwResult == ERROR_SUCCESS)
  MessageBox (hwnd, szUserName, TEXT("Info"), MB_OK);
else 
{
  ErrorHandler (hwnd, dwResult, TEXT("WNetGetUser"));
  return FALSE;
}

See Also

Concepts

Retrieving Network Data
Windows Networking API/Redirector Application Development
Managing Network Connections with WNet