GetHGlobalFromStream  25AHORC

Retrieves the global memory handle to a stream that was created through a call to the CreateStreamOnHGlobal8ORPSY function.

WINOLEAPI GetHGlobalFromStream(

    IStream * pstm,

//Points to the stream object

    HGLOBAL * phglobal

//Points to the current memory handle for the specified stream

   );

 

 

Parameters

pstm

[in] IStream8MD3QE pointer to the stream object previously created by a call to the CreateStreamOnHGlobal8ORPSY function.

phglobal

[out] Points to the current memory handle used by the specified stream object.

 

Return Values

S_OK

Indicates the handle was successfully returned.

E_INVALIDARG

Indicates invalid value specified for the pstm parameter. It can also indicate that the stream object passed in is not one created by a call to the CreateStreamOnHGlobal8ORPSY function.

 

Comments

The handle this function returns may be different from the original handle due to intervening GlobalRealloc calls.

This function can be called only from within the same process from which the byte array was created.

See Also

CreateStreamOnHGlobal

GlobalReallocCLQGZS in Win32