Re: CredUIPromptForCredentialsW

> I'm using a C# class that acts as a thin wrapper around the
> CredUIPromptForCredentialsW function.
>
> A good article on this function is written here:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480470.aspx
>
> When calling the function with the INCORRECT_PASSWORD flag, the balloon hint
> doesn't appear. I found out that this is because this flag was introduced
> after XP, and only works on Win 2003 or later. I am developing and deploying
> on XP.

Interesting, the docs don't seem to mention this.

> I wonder how I can use the function differently to indicate that a login
> failed.

Well, why don't you just specify a caption text or message that
indicates that the login failed? You could also adjust the bitmap
being shown (although I don't know whether the managed
PromptForCredentials wrapper provided with that article already
supports this feature of CredUIPromptForCredentials).

Fabian