[DllImport("getuname.dll", SetLastError=true)]

static extern int GetUName(UInt16 wCharCode, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] StringBuilder lpbuf);

Declare Function GetUName Lib "getuname.dll" (ByVal wCharCode As UShort, <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal lpbuf As StringBuilder) As Integer

If you want to obtain (localized) names of Unicode characters, instead calling this function you can also load strings from the same place the function loads them. On Windows 7 it means from file \System32\{Culture}\getuname.dll.mui. ({Culture} is name of culture you want to obtain localized resources for e.g. en-US). An advantage of this approach is that you can choose culture without need to switch current Windows language (Windows Ultimate edition only).

     Private Declare Function GetUName Lib "getuname.dll" (ByVal wCharCode As UShort, <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal lpbuf As System.Text.StringBuilder) As Integer

     ''' <para>This function relies on undocumented Windows API <c>GetUName</c>. It is possible that this API will be changed or removed in future version of Windows and this function will become slow and start returning nullls for all calls. It can also possibly carsh your application or system. Use on own risk.</para>

         ret = API.Misc.GetUName(codePoint, buff)

        Dim ret As Int32 = GetUName(result, INFO_LEVEL.UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO_LEVEL, lpBuffer, bufSize)

    Private Shared Function GetUName(ByVal Path As String, ByVal outName As INFO_LEVEL, _