For VB.lovers the VB.NET equivalent of Luke Quinane's code (thanks Luke!)
Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.ComponentModel
Public Class NetworkConnection
Implements IDisposable
Private _networkName As String
Public Sub New(networkName As String, credentials As NetworkCredential)
_networkName = networkName
Dim netResource = New NetResource() With {
.Scope = ResourceScope.GlobalNetwork,
.ResourceType = ResourceType.Disk,
.DisplayType = ResourceDisplaytype.Share,
.RemoteName = networkName
}
Dim userName = If(String.IsNullOrEmpty(credentials.Domain), credentials.UserName, String.Format("{0}\{1}", credentials.Domain, credentials.UserName))
Dim result = WNetAddConnection2(NetResource, credentials.Password, userName, 0)
If result <> 0 Then
Throw New Win32Exception(result, "Error connecting to remote share")
End If
End Sub
Protected Overrides Sub Finalize()
Try
Dispose (False)
Finally
MyBase.Finalize()
End Try
End Sub
Public Sub Dispose() Implements IDisposable.Dispose
Dispose (True)
GC.SuppressFinalize (Me)
End Sub
Protected Overridable Sub Dispose(disposing As Boolean)
WNetCancelConnection2(_networkName, 0, True)
End Sub
<DllImport("mpr.dll")> _
Private Shared Function WNetAddConnection2(netResource As NetResource, password As String, username As String, flags As Integer) As Integer
End Function
<DllImport("mpr.dll")> _
Private Shared Function WNetCancelConnection2(name As String, flags As Integer, force As Boolean) As Integer
End Function
End Class
<StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)> _
Public Class NetResource
Public Scope As ResourceScope
Public ResourceType As ResourceType
Public DisplayType As ResourceDisplaytype
Public Usage As Integer
Public LocalName As String
Public RemoteName As String
Public Comment As String
Public Provider As String
End Class
Public Enum ResourceScope As Integer
Connected = 1
GlobalNetwork
Remembered
Recent
Context
End Enum
Public Enum ResourceType As Integer
Any = 0
Disk = 1
Print = 2
Reserved = 8
End Enum
Public Enum ResourceDisplaytype As Integer
Generic = &H0
Domain = &H1
Server = &H2
Share = &H3
File = &H4
Group = &H5
Network = &H6
Root = &H7
Shareadmin = &H8
Directory = &H9
Tree = &HA
Ndscontainer = &HB
End Enum