WNetCancelConnection2

This function breaks an existing network connection.

DWORD WNetCancelConnection2(
  LPTSTR lpName, 
  DWORD dwFlags, 
  BOOL fForce 
);

Parameters

• lpName
  [in] Long pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of either the local name or the remote network resource to disconnect.
• dwFlags
  [in] Specifies a bitmask for the connection type. The following values are defined.

  Value	Description
  0	The connection to the remote server is broken; however, no persistent information about the connection is updated.
  CONNECT_UPDATE_PROFILE	The system is updated with the information that this is no longer a persistent connection. Disconnecting resources using remote names has no effect on persistent connections.

• fForce
  [in] Boolean that specifies whether the disconnection should occur even if there are open files or jobs on the connection. If this parameter is FALSE, the function fails if there are open files or jobs.

Return Values

ERROR_SUCCESS indicates success. An error value indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. Possible GetLastError values are described in the following table.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 2.0 and later.
Header: Winnetwk.h.
Link Library: Coredll.lib.

 Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004

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