RasSetEntryProperties() Fails to Set Options in Service Pack 2

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 Service Pack 2

SYMPTOMS

The RASEO_TerminalAfterDial and the RASEO_TerminalBeforeDial flags are not set if specified in the RasSetEntryProperties Win32 function call.

CAUSE

A Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2 regression causes these parameters to be ignored.

RESOLUTION

Set the Pop Up A Terminal Window option manually in the phone book after programmatically creating or modifying the phonebook entry.

MORE INFORMATION

The RasSetEntryProperties call is used to programmatically create or modify Remote Access phone book entries. One of the options that can be specified is whether to open a terminal window before and/or after dialing using the RASEO_TerminalAfterDial and RASEO_TerminalBeforeDial option flags for dwfOptions in the rasentry structure that is passed as a parameter by RasSetEntryProperties.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0 Service Pack 2. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: 4.00 prodnt sp2

Keywords : kbnetwork ntras kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 kbfix4.00.sp2 NTSrvWkst
Version : 4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug