WinCreateShadow

WinCreateShadow(hndlOfOriginObject, hndlOfDestinationFolder, reserved)

Create a shadow of the specified object to the specified location.

Parameters

hndlOfOriginObject - HOBJECT - input

Handle of the object from which the shadow will be created.

hndlOfDestinationFolder - HOBJECT - input

Handle of folder which the handle of the origin object is to be placed.

reserved - ULONG - input

Reserved - must be zero.

Constants

None

Returns

APIRET with values of:

The newly created handle of the shadow object.
NULLHANDLE : The destination folder is NULLHANDLE or an object already exists with the same name as hndlOfOriginObject.

Module

Define (C/C++)

INCL_WINWORKPLACE

Export name/Ordinal

Calling conversion

Cdecl32

Example Code

HOBJECT hndlOfOriginObject;
HOBJECT hndlOfDestinationFolder;
APIRET   rc;
...
rc = WinCreateShadow(hndlOfOriginObject, hndlOfDestinationFolder, 0L);
...

Related Functions

WinCreateObject WinDestoryObject WinMoveObject WinQueryObjectWindow WinSaveObject

Notes

The REXX counter part to WinCreateShadow is SysCreateShadowObject.

OS Version Introduced

OS/2 Warp 3.0