Platform SDK: RAS/Routing and RAS

RASCONNSTATE

The RASCONNSTATE enumeration type contains values that specify the states that may occur during a RAS connection operation. If you use the RasDial function to establish a RAS connection, you can specify a window, or a RasDialFunc, RasDialFunc1, or RasDialFunc2 callback function to receive notification messages that report the current connection state. You can also use the RasGetConnectStatus function to get the connection state for a specified connection.

typedef enum _RASCONNSTATE { 
  RASCS_OpenPort = 0, 
  RASCS_PortOpened, 
  RASCS_ConnectDevice, 
  RASCS_DeviceConnected, 
  RASCS_AllDevicesConnected, 
  RASCS_Authenticate, 
  RASCS_AuthNotify, 
  RASCS_AuthRetry, 
  RASCS_AuthCallback, 
  RASCS_AuthChangePassword, 
  RASCS_AuthProject, 
  RASCS_AuthLinkSpeed, 
  RASCS_AuthAck, 
  RASCS_ReAuthenticate, 
  RASCS_Authenticated, 
  RASCS_PrepareForCallback, 
  RASCS_WaitForModemReset, 
  RASCS_WaitForCallback,
  RASCS_Projected, 
 
#if (WINVER >= 0x400) 
  RASCS_StartAuthentication,    // Windows 95 only 
  RASCS_CallbackComplete,       // Windows 95 only 
  RASCS_LogonNetwork,           // Windows 95 only 
#endif 
  RASCS_SubEntryConnected,
  RASCS_SubEntryDisconnected,
 
  RASCS_Interactive = RASCS_PAUSED, 
  RASCS_RetryAuthentication, 
  RASCS_CallbackSetByCaller, 
  RASCS_PasswordExpired, 
#if (WINVER >= 0x500)
  RASCS_InvokeEapUI,
#endif
 
  RASCS_Connected = RASCS_DONE, 
  RASCS_Disconnected 
} RASCONNSTATE ;

The enumerator values are listed here in the general order in which the connection states occur. However, you should not write code that depends on the order or occurrence of particular RASCONNSTATE connection states, because this may vary between platforms.

Enumerator Value	Meaning
RASCS_OpenPort	The communication port is about to be opened.
RASCS_PortOpened	The communication port has been opened successfully.
RASCS_ConnectDevice	A device is about to be connected. RasGetConnectStatus can be called to determine the name and type of the device being connected.
RASCS_DeviceConnected	A device has connected successfully. RasGetConnectStatus can be called to determine the name and type of the device being connected.
	For a simple modem connection, RASCS_ConnectDevice and RASCS_DeviceConnected will be called only once. For a dial-up X.25 PAD connection, the pair will be called first for the modem, then for the PAD. If a preconnect switch is configured, the pair will be called for the switch before any other devices connect. Likewise, the pair will be called for a postconnect switch after any other devices connect. Windows 95: Note that Windows 95 does not currently support multistage connections such as the X.25 PAD connection described earlier.
RASCS_AllDevicesConnected	All devices in the device chain have successfully connected. At this point, the physical link is established.
RASCS_Authenticate	The authentication process is starting. Remote access does not allow the remote client to generate any traffic on the LAN until authentication has been successfully completed. Remote access authentication on a Windows NT/Windows 2000 or Windows 95 server consists of: Validating the user name/password on the specified domain. Projecting the client onto the LAN. This means that the remote access server does what is necessary to send and receive data on the LAN on behalf of the client. For example, the remote access server might need to add a NetBIOS name that corresponds to the client's computer name. Call-back processing in which the client hangs up and the server calls back. (The user needs special permissions on the remote access server for this.) Calculating the link speed. This is necessary to correctly set transport time-outs to match the relatively slow speed of the remote link.
RASCS_AuthNotify	An authentication event has occurred. If dwError is zero, this event will be immediately followed by one of the more specific authentication states following. If dwError is nonzero, authentication has failed, and the error value indicates why.
RASCS_AuthRetry	The client has requested another validation attempt with a new user name/password/domain. This state does not occur in Windows NT version 3.1.
RASCS_AuthCallback	The remote access server has requested a callback number. This occurs only if the user has "Set By Caller" callback privilege on the server.
RASCS_AuthChangePassword	The client has requested to change the password on the account. This state does not occur in Windows NT version 3.1.
RASCS_AuthProject	The projection phase is starting.
RASCS_AuthLinkSpeed	The link-speed calculation phase is starting.
RASCS_AuthAck	An authentication request is being acknowledged.
RASCS_ReAuthenticate	Reauthentication (after callback) is starting.
RASCS_Authenticated	The client has successfully completed authentication.
RASCS_PrepareForCallback	The line is about to disconnect in preparation for callback.
RASCS_WaitForModemReset	The client is delaying in order to give the modem time to reset itself in preparation for callback.
RASCS_WaitForCallback	The client is waiting for an incoming call from the remote access server.
RASCS_Projected	This state occurs after the RASCS_AuthProject state. It indicates that projection result information is available. You can access the projection result information by calling RasGetProjectionInfo.
RASCS_StartAuthentication	Windows 95 only: Indicates that user authentication is being initiated or retried.
RASCS_CallbackComplete	Windows 95 only: Indicates that the client has been called back and is about to resume authentication.
RASCS_LogonNetwork	Windows 95 only: Indicates that the client is logging on to the network.
RASCS_SubEntryConnected	When dialing a multilink phone-book entry, this state indicates that a subentry has been connected during the dialing process. The dwSubEntry parameter of a RasDialFunc2 callback function indicates the index of the subentry. When the final state of all subentries in the phone-book entry has been determined, the connection state is RASCS_Connected if one or more subentries have been connected successfully.
RASCS_SubEntryDisconnected	When dialing a multilink phone-book entry, this state indicates that a subentry has been disconnected during the dialing process. The dwSubEntry parameter of a RasDialFunc2 callback function indicates the index of the subentry.
RASCS_Interactive	This state corresponds to the terminal state supported by RASPHONE.EXE. This state does not occur in Windows NT version 3.1.
RASCS_RetryAuthentication	This state corresponds to the retry authentication state supported by RASPHONE.EXE. This state does not occur in Windows NT version 3.1.
RASCS_CallbackSetByCaller	This state corresponds to the callback state supported by RASPHONE.EXE. This state does not occur in Windows NT version 3.1.
RASCS_PasswordExpired	This state corresponds to the change password state supported by RASPHONE.EXE. This state does not occur in Windows NT version 3.1.
RASCS_InvokeEapUI	An application can use this paused state to bring up a custom authentication UI. The application should call the RasInvokeEapUI function to invoke the custom UI. RASCS_InvokeEapUI is a paused state.
RASCS_Connected	Successful connection.
RASCS_Disconnected	Disconnection or failed connection.

Remarks

The connection process states are divided into three classes: running states, paused states, and terminal states.

An application can easily determine the class of a specific state by performing Boolean bit operations with the RASCS_PAUSED and RASCS_DONE bitmasks. Here are some examples:

fDoneState = (state & RASCS_DONE); 
fPausedState = (state & RASCS_PAUSED); 
fRunState = !(fDoneState || fPausedState);

Requirements

  Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows NT 4.0 or later.
  Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Header: Declared in Ras.h.

RASCONNSTATE

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