WNetConnectDialog

	WORD WNetConnectDialog(hwndParent, iType)
	HWND hwndParent;
	WORD iType;

The WNetConnectDialog function displays a driver-specific connection dialog box.

Parameters

hwndParent

Identifies the owner of the dialog box.

iType

Specifies the type of device to be connected. The type can be one of the following values.

Value

Meaning

WNTYPE_DRIVE (0x0001)	A disk device.
WNTYPE_FILE (0x0002)	A file.
WNTYPE_PRINTER (0x0003)	A printer device.
WNTYPE_COMM (0x0004)	A communications port. Reserved; do not use.

Return Value

The return value is one of the following values.

Value

Meaning

WN_CANCEL	User canceled (no new drives).
WN_NOT_SUPPORTED	Function not supported.
WN_OUT_OF_MEMORY	Not enough memory to display the dialog box.
WN_SUCCESS	Success.

Comments

The export ordinal for this function is 25.

The network driver carries out all connection functions in this dialog box. The network driver maintains the features of the previous connection list and the permanent connection option. If this function is not supported, a default dialog box will be used. This dialog box will maintain the previous list and will remember permanent connections in a manner consistent with the default implementation of the WNetRestoreConnection function.

WNetConnectDialog (together with WNetDisconnectDialog) allows either one or two dialog boxes to be used to manage disk shares in Windows 3.1. If both WNetConnectDialog and WNetDisconnectDialog are supported, the user will have two File Manager menu commands for connecting and disconnecting. If the

driver implements only WNetConnectionDialog, a single menu command and dialog box will be presented. The default case (no hooks implemented) uses one dialog box. A single dialog box (hooked with WNetConnectionDialog) is always used to manage printer devices.

If the driver returns WN_NOT_SUPPORTED, File Manager carries out the same default operations as it would if the driver did not have the capability bit for this dialog set.