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GlobalLock(3w)

NAME

GlobalLock (KERNEL32.@)

SYNOPSIS

LPVOID GlobalLock
(
HGLOBAL hmem
)

DESCRIPTION

Lock a global memory object and return a pointer to first byte of the memory.

PARAMS

hmem [In] Handle of the global memory object.

RETURNS

Success: Pointer to first byte of the memory block

Failure: NULL.

NOTES

When the handle is invalid, last error is set to ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winbase.h".

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

Debug channel "heap".

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