Local Device Name Services

These services are to assist an NP in providing the same behavior as other networks with respect to local device naming and validation (for example, in recognizing that "LPT1:" and "LPT1" are the same device).

A provider can use the NPSDeviceGetNumber function to both validate a local print or disk device string and to convert it to a number.

A provider can use the NPSDeviceGetString function to take a local print or disk device number and convert it to a string.

Note that calling NPSDeviceGetNumber followed by NPSDeviceGetString validates and normalizes a device name.