RasValidateEntryName  26M8QW3 

[New - Windows NT]

The RasValidateEntryName function validates the format of a connection entry name. The name must contain at least one non-white-space alphanumeric character.

DWORD RasValidateEntryName(

    LPTSTR lpszPhonebook,

// pointer to full path and filename of phone-book file

    LPTSTR lpszEntry

// pointer to the entry name to validate

   );

 

 

Parameters

lpszPhonebook

Windows NT: Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the full path and filename of a phone-book (.PBK) file. If this parameter is NULL, the function uses the current default phone-book file. The default phone-book file is the one selected by the user in the User Preferences property sheet of the Dial-Up Networking dialog box.

lpszEntry

Pointer to a null-terminated string containing an entry name.

Windows NT: The entry name cannot begin with a period ( . ).

 

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is zero.

If the function fails, the return value is ERROR_INVALID_NAME or ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS.

See Also

RasCreatePhonebookEntry, RasGetEntryProperties