NAME¶

CreateFileW (KERNEL32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

HANDLE CreateFileW
(
LPCWSTR filename,
DWORD access,
DWORD sharing,
LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa,
DWORD creation,
DWORD attributes,
HANDLE template
)

DESCRIPTION¶

CreateFileW [ KERNEL32.@] Creates or opens a file or other object. Creates or opens an object, and returns a handle that can be used to access that object.

PARAMS¶

filename [In] pointer to filename to be accessed. access [In] access mode requested. sharing [In] share mode. sa [In] pointer to security attributes. creation [In] how to create the file. attributes [In] attributes for newly created file. template [In] handle to file with extended attributes to copy.

RETURNS¶

Success: Open handle to specified file Failure: INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "winbase.h". Implemented in "dlls/kernel32/file.c". Debug channel "file".