GetTypeByNameA3w

Usage

Overview

Retrieve a service type GUID for a network service specified by name.

Params

lpServiceName [In] NUL-terminated ASCII string that uniquely represents the name of the service.

lpServiceType [Out] Destination for the service type GUID.

Returns

Success: 0. lpServiceType contains the requested GUID

Failure: SOCKET_ERROR. GetLastError(3w) can return ERROR_SERVICE_DOES_NOT_EXIST.

Notes

Obsolete Microsoft-specific extension to Winsock 1.1. Protocol-independent name resolution provides equivalent functionality in Winsock 2.

Implementation

Declared in "nspapi.h".

Implemented in "dlls/wsock32/service.c".

Debug channel "winsock".