NS_SERVICE_INFOA structure (nspapi.h)

The NS_SERVICE_INFO structure contains information about a network service or a network service type in the context of a specified namespace, or a set of default namespaces.

Syntax

typedef struct _NS_SERVICE_INFOA {
  DWORD         dwNameSpace;
  SERVICE_INFOA ServiceInfo;
} NS_SERVICE_INFOA, *PNS_SERVICE_INFOA, *LPNS_SERVICE_INFOA;

Members

dwNameSpace

Type: DWORD

Namespace, or a set of default namespaces, to which this service information applies.

Use one of the following constant values to specify a namespace.

Value	Meaning
NS_DEFAULT	A set of default namespaces. The set of default namespaces typically includes all the namespaces installed on the system. System administrators, however, can exclude particular namespaces from the set.
NS_DNS	The Domain Name System used in the Internet to resolve the name of the host.
NS_MS	The Microsoft namespace.
NS_NDS	The NetWare 4 provider.
NS_NETBT	The NetBIOS over TCP/IP layer. The operating system registers their computer names with NetBIOS. This namespace is used to convert a computer name to an IP address that uses this registration.
NS_NIS
NS_SAP	The NetWare Service Advertising Protocol. This can access the NetWare bindery, if appropriate. NS_SAP is a dynamic namespace that enables the registration of services.
NS_STDA
NS_TCPIP_HOSTS	Lookup value in the <systemroot>\system32\drivers\etc\posts file.
NS_TCPIP_LOCAL	Local TCP/IP name resolution mechanisms, including comparisons against the local host name and lookup value in the cache of host to IP address mappings.
NS_WINS	The Windows Internet Name System (WINS) namespace.
NS_X500	The X.500 directory service namespace.

ServiceInfo

Type: SERVICE_INFO

A SERVICE_INFO structure that contains information about a network service or network service type.

Remarks

Note

The nspapi.h header defines NS_SERVICE_INFO as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	nspapi.h

See also

SERVICE_INFO