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Mapping Network Drives

Hi ho.

I'm using Wise InstallMaster v8.01 to deploy an application writting in Delphi 5. I need to make it display a Map Network Drive dialog box. Does anyone know what DLL (ie, SHELL32.DLL, KERNEL386.EXE etc) the fuction is stored in, and what parameters I need to pass to get this dialog box to display? I know this isn't a Delphi related questions, but you guys are all just so smart ;)

Thanks for any help,

Stu.

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ZifNab

Argh, Inthe, you're quick :-)

WNetConnectionDialog(Handle, RESOURCETYPE_DISK);

Be sure to check the result of the WNetConnectionDialog, since according to
the docs it will return ERROR_NO_NETWORK on non-networked computers

Zif

inthe

mmm..i just re-red the question and wondering if that was correct for what you needed?

WNetConnectionDialog comes from mpr.dll
it is declared in windows.pas

inthe

hi zif ,gotta be quick with you and raymond around ;-)

Stuart_Johnson

ASKER

Hi all,

Thanks for the mega fast replies. Barry, what you originally specified would have been useful if I was calling it out of Delphi, but as mentioned, I am actually calling it directly out of Wise. Your second comment was the answer I was looking for.

To call this function, I need to RUNDLL32.EXE. However, if I type in (at the DOS prompt):

RUNDLL32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPR.DLL WNetConnectionDialog

I get no dialog displayed. Does anyone have any idea how I can display this dialog at all using RUNDLL32?

Thanks for you help!

Stu.

inthe

hello
typing this below works:

RUNDLL32 user,wnetconnectdialog

doesnt seem to need mpr.dll ?

craig_capel

Hi.... The Network Dialog.... hmmm i have seen that before i think... but this is your best bet...

COMDLG32.DLL, i think this is where you get it from, and there are more in here like the dialog box to shutdown windows and more stuff like that....

Barry, You may know what to do with this link.... i gave up trying to call a dll a long time ago :) but Stuart, i think your answer is here...

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4942/common.html

craig_capel

ok forget the answer being in there... you may find the other dialogs usefull :) i am going to have to read all the questions first not just parts of them...

inthe

hi craig ,i guessed you misinterpret my comment..i was assuming ineeded to put the path to mpr.dll but seems not.

typing this below at dos prompt etc works fine to show the dialog:

RUNDLL32 user,wnetconnectdialog

Stuart_Johnson

ASKER

Thanks Barry! Much appreciated. Works like a dream.

Cheers!!

Stu.

inthe

great to hear ;-)

craig_capel

inthe.... Did you check out these dialogs?.... You may find them intrsting if nothing else....

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4942/common.html

inthe

hi craig ,
thanks for link but i already have components for all these shell dialogs .. ;-)

craig_capel

If i only had the yahoo symbols...... :P

Craig C.