DOCERR: AddPort, ConfigurePort, DeletePort Fail Remotely

 Last reviewed: September 29, 1995
Article ID: Q131223
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Using AddPort, ConfigurePort, or DeletePort with the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) name of a remote server as the first parameter results in a return value of FALSE. This indicates that a failure has occurred. The error returned by GetLastError is ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED. If the first parameter is the UNC name of the local machine or NULL, the functions succeed.

CAUSE

Calls to remote servers via AddPort, ConfigurePort and DeletePort are not supported. The documentation gives the impression that the UNC name for a remote server is permissible as the first parameter.

RESOLUTION

Use the UNC name to the local server or NULL as the first parameter.

MORE INFORMATION

These functions display a dialog associated with the hWnd that is supplied in the second parameter. Because the call displays a dialog box and requires a handle to a window in the second parameter, it is only supported locally.

Additional reference words: 3.50 4.00 95
KBCategory: kbprint kbdocerr
KBSubcategory: GdiPrn

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Last reviewed: September 29, 1995
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