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CryptAcquireContextW(3w)

NAME

CryptAcquireContextW (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS

BOOL CryptAcquireContextW
(
HCRYPTPROV* phProv,
LPCWSTR pszContainer,
LPCWSTR pszProvider,
DWORD dwProvType,
DWORD dwFlags
)

DESCRIPTION

Acquire a crypto provider context handle.

PARAMS

phProv [Out] Pointer to HCRYPTPROV for the output.

pszContainer [In] Key Container Name.

pszProvider [In] Cryptographic Service Provider Name.

dwProvType [In] Crypto provider type to get a handle.

dwFlags [In] flags for the operation.

RETURNS

TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "wincrypt.h".

Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/crypt.c".

Debug channel "crypt".

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