PathIsUNC (shlwapi)
Last changed: -213.164.66.20

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Summary
PathIsUNCServerShare - Determines if a string is a valid Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share path, \\server\share.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("shlwapi.dll", SetLastError=true)]
static extern TODO PathIsUNCServerShare(TODO);
/// <summary>
/// Determines if a string is a valid Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share path, \\server\share.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pszPath">A pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to be validated.</param>
/// <returns>Returns TRUE if the string is in the form \\server\share, or FALSE otherwise.</returns>
[DllImport("shlwapi.dll", EntryPoint:="PathIsUNCServerShareW",  SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode)]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
static extern bool PathIsUNCServerShare([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]string pszPath);

VB.NET Signature

''' <summary>
''' Determines if a string is a valid Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share path, \\server\share.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="pszPath">A pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to be validated.</param>
''' <returns>Returns TRUE if the string is in the form \\server\share, or FALSE otherwise.</returns>
<DllImport("shlwapi.dll", EntryPoint:="PathIsUNCServerShareW",  SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode)> _
Public Function PathIsUNCServerShare(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)>pszPath As String) As <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)> Boolean
End Function

VB Signature:

Public Declare Function PathIsUNCServerShare Lib "shlwapi" Alias "PathIsUNCServerShareA" _
        (ByVal pszPath As String) As Long

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