This article and sample code demonstrates how you can use Win32 NetApi functions through PInvoke/Interop to check if a given share resource exists on a server or not. The standard Win32 call to check this is NetCheckShare. We will define prototype for this function in our C# class and then call wherever it is necessary.

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace PardesiServices.NetInterop
{
	public class NetApiWin32
	{
		[DllImport("Netapi32.dll")]
		public static extern int NetShareCheck(
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]string ServerName,
			[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]string Device,
			out long Type);
	}
}						
						

And then this protoype function can be called in the application as shown below.

bool IsResourceShared(string strServer, string strResourceName, out ShareType nType)
{
	bool bRet = false;
	nType = ShareType.STYPE_DISKTREE;
	long lType = 0;
	int nRet = NetApiWin32.NetShareCheck(strServer, strResourceName, out lType);
	bRet = (0 == nRet);
	if (!bRet)
	{
		if (nRet == 2311)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Device not shared");
		}
		else if (nRet == 2310)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("The device does not exist");
		}
		else
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Unknown win32 error");
		}
	}
	else
	{
		nType = (ShareType)lType;
	}
	return bRet;
}