Overview: The Network Application Programmer Interface (API) (103882)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API)
This article was previously published under Q103882
The network application programmer interface (API) is provided to
allow applications to access and control network resources
programmatically, and to communicate between processes running on
different stations.
EXAMPLES- NetUseAdd: redirects a local device identifier to a shared
network resource.
- NetShareAdd: shares a server resource.
- NetWkstaSetUID2: logs on to the network.
- NetServerEnum2: obtains a list of all servers of specified
type(s) that are active in specified domain(s).
- DosMakeNmPipe: creates a "named pipe"--a two-way inter-process
communication device that can be used to communicate directly
from a process on one station to a process on another without
using the file system.
Most network API calls go directly to the redirector. Some (such as
NetUseAdd) go to MS-DOS by way of interrupt x21, which may, in turn,
pass the request to the redirector.
The redirector resolves some API calls (such as NetServerEnum2)
locally, without having to access the network. For other API calls
(such as NetUseAdd and NetWkstaSetUID2) the redirector uses the server
message block (SMB) protocol to communicate with remote stations in
order to effect resolution.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 2/26/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbAPI kbnetwork KB103882 |
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