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CreateFileMappingA(3w)

NAME

CreateFileMappingA (KERNEL32.@)

SYNOPSIS

HANDLE CreateFileMappingA
(
HANDLE hFile,
SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES* sa,
DWORD protect,
DWORD size_high,
DWORD size_low,
LPCSTR name
)

DESCRIPTION

Creates a named or unnamed file-mapping object for the specified file.

PARAMS

hFile [In] Handle to the file to map.

sa [In] Optional security attributes.

protect [In] Protection for mapping object.

size_high [In] High-order 32 bits of object size.

size_low [In] Low-order 32 bits of object size.

name [In] Name of file-mapping object.

RETURNS

Success: Handle.

Failure: NULL. Mapping object does not exist.

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winbase.h".

Implemented in "dlls/kernel32/virtual.c".

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