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4/8/2010

This structure contains a pointer to a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) name string.

Syntax

typedef struct _UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO {
  LPTSTR 
lpUniversalName;
} UNIVERSAL_NAME_INFO;

Members

lpUniversalName

Long pointer to a zero-terminated UNC name string.

Remarks

A universal form of a path identifies a network resource in an unambiguous, computer-independent manner. The path can then be passed to processes on other computers, enabling those processes to obtain access to the network resource.

Universal Naming Convention (UNC) names look like this the following example.

\\servername\sharename\path\file

Requirements

Header winnetwk.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later