RasValidateEntryName

This function validates the format of a connection entry name. It must contain at least one non-white-space alpha-numeric character.

DWORD RasValidateEntryName(
  LPWSTR lpszPhonebook, 
  LPWSTR lpszEntry 
);

lpszPhonebook
This parameter is ignored and should be set to NULL. Phone-book entries are stored in the registry rather than in a phone-book file.
lpszEntry
Pointer to a null-terminated string that contains an entry name. For Windows CE, the entry name must include at least one alphanumeric character and be a valid registry key name. The entry name cannot begin with a backslash ("\").

Character Description

| vertical bar

> greater than symbol

< less than symbol

? question mark

* asterisk

\ backward slash

/ forward slash

: colon

Zero indicates success. ERROR_INVALID_NAME or ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS indicates failure.

Include Raserror.h for definitions of the RAS error codes.

OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later.
Header: Ras.h.
Link Library: Coredll.lib.

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