C# Signature:
[DllImport("Netapi32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling=true)]
private extern static int NetUserGetInfo(
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string ServerName,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string UserName,
int level,
out IntPtr BufPtr);
VB Signature:
Private Declare Function NetUserGetInfo Lib "Netapi32.dll" ( _
ByVal ServerName As String, _
ByVal UserName As String, _
ByVal level As Integer, _
ByRef BufPtr As IntPtr) As Integer
User-Defined Types:
None.
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Notes:
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Sample Code:
public bool AccountGetFullName(string MachineName, string AccountName, ref string string FullName) {
if (MachineName.Length == 0 ) {
throw new ArgumentException("Machine Name is required");
}
if (AccountName.Length == 0 ) {
throw new ArgumentException("Account Name is required");
}
try {
// Create an new instance of the USER_INFO_1 struct
USER_INFO_10 objUserInfo10 = new USER_INFO_10();
IntPtr bufPtr; // because it's an OUT, we don't need to Alloc
int lngReturn = NetUserGetInfo(MachineName, AccountName, 10, out bufPtr ) ;
if (lngReturn == 0) {
objUserInfo10 = (USER_INFO_10) Marshal.PtrToStructure(bufPtr, typeof(USER_INFO_10) );
FullName = objUserInfo10.usri10_full_name;
}
NetApiBufferFree( bufPtr );
bufPtr = IntPtr.Zero;
if (lngReturn == 0 ) {
return true;
} else {
//throw new System.ApplicationException("Could not get user's Full Name.");
return false;
}
catch (Exception exp) {
Debug.WriteLine("AccountGetFullName: " + exp.Message);
return false;
}
}
