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WinCreateShadow

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

Syntax

WinCreateShadow (hndlOfOriginObject, hndlOfDestinationFolder, reserved)

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

rc (HOBJECT) - returns
Handle of the newly created shadow object.
A return value of NULLHANDLE indicates that either hObjectofDest is NULLHANDLE or an object with the same name as hObjectofObject exists in the destination folder.

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.

Define (C/C++)

INCL_WINWORKPLACE

Calling Convention

Cdecl32

Example Code

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

Related Functions

Notes

The REXX counter part to WinCreateShadow is SysCreateShadowObject.

OS Version Introduced

  • OS/2 Warp 3.0
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