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The following table shows the RAS functions with a description of the purpose of each.

Programming element Description

RasDeleteEntry

This function deletes an entry from the phone book.

RasDevConfigDialogEdit

This function is used to display the configuration dialog for the device-specific settings of a RAS device.

RasDial

This function establishes a RAS connection between a RAS client and a RAS server.

RasEnumConnections

This function lists all active RAS connections.

RasEnumDevices

This function returns the name and type of all available RAS-capable devices.

RasEnumEntries

This function lists all entry names in a remote access phone book.

RasGetConnectStatus

This function retrieves information on the current status of the specified remote access connection.

RasGetDispPhoneNum

This function obtains the displayable phone number to be used in a dial-up connection.

RasGetEntryDialParams

This function retrieves the connection information saved by the last successful call to the RasDialfunction for a specified phone book entry.

RasGetEapConnectionData

This function retrieves connection-specific Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) information.

RasGetEapUserData

This function retrieves user-specific Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) information for the specified phone-book entry.

RasGetEntryProperties

This function retrieves the properties of a phone book entry.

RasGetLinkStatistics

This function retrieves accumulated statistics for the specified link in a RAS multilink connection.

RasGetProjectionInfo

This function obtains information about a remote access projection operation for a specified remote access component protocol.

RasHangUp

This function terminates a remote access connection.

RasRenameEntry

This function changes the name of an entry in the phone book.

RasSetEntryDialParams

This function changes the connection information saved by the last successful call to the RasDialor RasGetEntryDialParamsfunction for a specified phone book entry.

RasSetEapConnectionData

This function stores connection-specific Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) information.

RasSetEapUserData

This function stores user-specific Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) information for the specified phone-book entry in the registry.

RasSetEntryProperties

This function changes the connection information for an entry in the phone book or creates a new phone-book entry.

RasValidateEntryName

This function validates the format of a connection entry name.