API -> CreateFile [ Library : kernel32.dll, Category : File Management ] [C#, VB, VB.net]

CreateFile

Library : kernel32.dll Category : File Management

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API Description :

The CreateFile function creates or opens the following objects and returns a handle that can be used to access the object: · files · pipes · mailslots · communications resources · disk devices (Windows NT only) · consoles · directories (open only)

VB Declaration :

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Declare Function CreateFile Lib "kernel32" Alias "CreateFileA" (ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal dwShareMode As Long, lpSecurityAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, ByVal dwCreationDisposition As Long, ByVal dwFlagsAndAttributes As Long, ByVal hTemplateFile As Long) As Long

Parameters :

· lpFileName
Points to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the object (file, pipe, mailslot, communications resource, disk device, console, or directory) to create or open.
If *lpFileName is a path, there is a default string size limit o

Return :

If the function succeeds, the return value is an open handle to the specified file. If the specified file exists before the function call and dwCreationDistribution is CREATE_ALWAYS or OPEN_ALWAYS, a call to GetLastError returns ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS (even

OS Requirement :

Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later
Requires Windows 95 or later

Dotnet Replacement :

System.IO.File class and System.IO.FileInfo class