Description

Short story: Obtain domain controller information on Win2000 (and higher) systems.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

• Add a Window to the Taskbar, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, January 2001
• Look Into Raw Memory Contents, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, February 2001

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module	Library	Function
CGetDcName.cls	kernel32 netapi32 ole32	FreeLibrary GetModuleHandle GetProcAddress LoadLibrary lstrlen lstrlen RtlMoveMemory DsGetDcNameA DsGetDcNameW NetApiBufferFree StringFromGUID2

Download

Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution. Download NetDomain.zip, 6Kb, Last Updated: Tuesday, 17 October 2000

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