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VB.Net: Path to UNC
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Sometimes it can be handy to find the UNC for a mapped drive.
- Private Declare Ansi Function WNetGetConnection Lib "mpr.dll" Alias "WNetGetConnectionA" (ByVal lpszLocalName As String, ByVal lpszRemoteName As System.Text.StringBuilder, ByRef cbRemoteName As Int32) As Int32
- Public Shared Function PathtoUNC(ByVal Path As String) As String
- Dim _UNCName As New System.Text.StringBuilder(300)
- Dim _UNCPath As String
- Dim _Capacity As Integer = _UNCName.Capacity
- If Not Path Is Nothing Then
- If Path.Length > 1 Then
- If Path.Substring(0, 1).ToUpper > "E" And Path.Substring(0, 1).ToUpper <= "Z" Then
- WNetGetConnection(Path.Substring(0, 2), _UNCName, _Capacity)
- _UNCPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(_UNCName.ToString.TrimStart, Path.Substring(3)).ToString()
- Return _UNCPath
- Else
- Return Path
- End If
- End If
- End If
- Return Nothing
- End Function
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