NDdeIsValidShareName function

[Network DDE is no longer supported. Nddeapi.dll is present on Windows Vista, but all function calls return NDDE_NOT_IMPLEMENTED.]

Determines whether a share name uses the proper syntax.

Syntax

BOOL NDdeIsValidShareName(
  _In_ LPTSTR shareName
);

shareName [in]: The share name to be validated. This parameter cannot be NULL.

If the share name has valid syntax, the return value is nonzero.

If the share name does not have valid syntax, the return value is zero.

This function is also called by NDdeShareAdd when it creates the DDE share.

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	Nddeapi.h
Library	Nddeapi.lib
DLL	Nddeapi.dll
Unicode and ANSI names	NDdeIsValidShareNameW (Unicode) and NDdeIsValidShareNameA (ANSI)