C# Signature:

[DllImport("Netapi32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError=true)]
    public static extern int NetDfsGetClientInfo(
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string DfsEntryPath,        // DFS entry path for the volume
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string ServerName,        // This parameter is currently ignored and should be NULL
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string ShareName,        // This parameter is currently ignored and should be NULL.
    int Level,                        // Level of information requested
    out IntPtr Buffer                        // API allocates and returns buffer with requested info
    );

VB Signature:

Declare Function NetDfsGetClientInfo  Lib "netapi32.dll" (TODO) As TODO

User-Defined Types:

None.

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Notes:

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Sample Code:

public static string GetActiveServer(string[] arguments)

{

    string ActiveOnlineServer = string.Empty;

    IntPtr buffer;
    DFS_STORAGE_INFO storage = new DFS_STORAGE_INFO();

    if (arguments.GetLength(0) != 1) return null;

    int result = NetDfsGetClientInfo(arguments[0], null, null, 3, out buffer);

    if (0 == result)
    {
        try
        {
            DFS_INFO_3 _infoLevel3 = (DFS_INFO_3) Marshal.PtrToStructure(buffer, typeof(DFS_INFO_3));

            IntPtr pStorage = new IntPtr(_infoLevel3.Storage.ToInt64() + 0 * Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(DFS_STORAGE_INFO)));
            storage = (DFS_STORAGE_INFO) Marshal.PtrToStructure(pStorage, typeof(DFS_STORAGE_INFO));

            if (storage.State == (DFS_STORAGE_STATE_ACTIVE | DFS_STORAGE_STATE_ONLINE)) ActiveOnlineServer = storage.ServerName;
        }
        finally
        {
            NetApiBufferFree(buffer);
        }
    }

    return ActiveOnlineServer.ToUpper();

}

public static string GetActiveServerAndShare(string[] arguments)

{

    string ServerShare = string.Empty;

    IntPtr buffer;
    DFS_STORAGE_INFO storage = new DFS_STORAGE_INFO();

    if (arguments.GetLength(0) != 1) return null;

    int result = NetDfsGetClientInfo(arguments[0], null, null, 3, out buffer);

    if (0 == result)
    {
        try
        {
            DFS_INFO_3 _infoLevel3 = (DFS_INFO_3) Marshal.PtrToStructure(buffer, typeof(DFS_INFO_3));

            IntPtr pStorage = new IntPtr(_infoLevel3.Storage.ToInt64() + 0 * Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(DFS_STORAGE_INFO)));
            storage = (DFS_STORAGE_INFO) Marshal.PtrToStructure(pStorage, typeof(DFS_STORAGE_INFO));

            if (storage.State == (DFS_STORAGE_STATE_ACTIVE | DFS_STORAGE_STATE_ONLINE))
                ServerShare = string.Format("\\\\{0}\\{1}", storage.ServerName.ToUpper(), storage.ShareName.ToUpper());
        }
        finally
        {
            NetApiBufferFree(buffer);
        }
    }

    return ServerShare;

}

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