Hi,
Can anyone explain how P/Invoke is able to cast the 32-bit HANDLE value
returned from CreateFile (for example) to a SafeFileHandle object?
Have a look at this code snippet from the .NET Framework Reference:
-----------------------------------------------------------
[DllImport("kern el32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern SafeFileHandle CreateFile(
string lpFileName,
uint dwDesiredAccess ,
uint dwShareMode,
IntPtr lpSecurityAttri butes,
uint dwCreationDispo sition,
uint dwFlagsAndAttri butes,
IntPtr hTemplateFile);
private SafeFileHandle handleValue = null;
handleValue = CreateFile(
Path,
GENERIC_WRITE,
0,
IntPtr.Zero,
OPEN_EXISTING,
0,
IntPtr.Zero);
-----------------------------------------------------------
Is there some kind of behind-the-scenes stuff going on with P/Invoke to
generate the extra code that puts the returned HANDLE into the handle
member of the SafeFileHandle. .?
-Bob 2 11750
Bob Gray wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone explain how P/Invoke is able to cast the 32-bit HANDLE value
returned from CreateFile (for example) to a SafeFileHandle object?
Have a look at this code snippet from the .NET Framework Reference:
<snipped for brevity>
Is there some kind of behind-the-scenes stuff going on with P/Invoke to
generate the extra code that puts the returned HANDLE into the handle
member of the SafeFileHandle. .?
Yes, the CLR's platform invoke marshaling layer stores the HANDLE returned
by CreateFile into the SafeFileHandle object.
--
Tom Porterfield
Hi Bob,
That's not the only conversion done by the marshaling service:
"Default Marshaling Behavior" http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...75(VS.80).aspx
--
Dave Sexton
"Bob Gray" <bo******@e03.d kwrote in message
news:Xn******** *************** ***********@216 .196.109.144...
Hi,
Can anyone explain how P/Invoke is able to cast the 32-bit HANDLE value
returned from CreateFile (for example) to a SafeFileHandle object?
Have a look at this code snippet from the .NET Framework Reference:
-----------------------------------------------------------
[DllImport("kern el32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern SafeFileHandle CreateFile(
string lpFileName,
uint dwDesiredAccess ,
uint dwShareMode,
IntPtr lpSecurityAttri butes,
uint dwCreationDispo sition,
uint dwFlagsAndAttri butes,
IntPtr hTemplateFile);
private SafeFileHandle handleValue = null;
handleValue = CreateFile(
Path,
GENERIC_WRITE,
0,
IntPtr.Zero,
OPEN_EXISTING,
0,
IntPtr.Zero);
-----------------------------------------------------------
Is there some kind of behind-the-scenes stuff going on with P/Invoke to
generate the extra code that puts the returned HANDLE into the handle
member of the SafeFileHandle. .?
-Bob
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