Function name: GetUserNameEx

Defined in : secur32

Requirements : Windows 2000 or later; Win9x/ME: Not supported

Declaration:

Declare Function GetUserNameEx Lib "secur32.dll" Alias "GetUserNameExA" (ByVal NameFormat As EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT, ByVal lpNameBuffer As String, ByRef nSize As Long) As Long

Parameters:

* NameFormat [in] Value from the EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT enumeration type indicating the desired name format. This value cannot be NameUnknown. * lpNameBuffer [out] Pointer to a buffer that receives the name in the specified format. * nSize [in/out] On input, specifies the size, in TCHARs, of the lpNameBuffer buffer. On output, receives the size of the returned string, including the terminating null character. If the lpNameBuffer buffer is too small, the function fails GetLastError returns ERROR_MORE_DATA. The nSize parameter receives the required buffer size.

Returns:

If the function succeeds, the return value is a nonzero value. If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. If the user name is not available in the specified format, the error is ERROR_NONE_MAPPED. If the domain controller is not available to perform the lookup, the error is ERROR_NO_SUCH_DOMAIN.

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