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Re: CreateFile to open a file already opened

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:14
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"Colin B Maharaj" <noreply@myhost.com> wrote in message 
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> Finally I have this code I am using (not my code)
> and is WinAPI and try to open the file similar to the
> read operation above BUT IT FAILS!!

What does GetLastError() return when CreateFile() fails?  Since you are 
using relative paths, not absolute paths, I ma guessing that the API code is 
trying to open a file that does not actually exist.

> Or, is an int FileHandle like what you see in 2nd line the
> same as the HANDLE in the third.

Yes.


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