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Function name : ConnectNamedPipe

Group: Pipe - Library: kernel32

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Enables a named pipe server process to wait for a client process to connect to an instance of a named pipe.

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Code examples:

Using named pipes for interprocess communication

Declaration:

BOOL ConnectNamedPipe(
	HANDLE hNamedPipe,
	LPOVERLAPPED lpOverlapped
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER ConnectNamedPipe IN kernel32;
	INTEGER hNamedPipe,;
	INTEGER lpOverlapped  

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Parameters:

hNamedPipe [in] A handle to the server end of a named pipe instance. This handle is returned by the CreateNamedPipe function.

lpOverlapped [in] A pointer to an OVERLAPPED structure.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

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Comments:

A client process connects by calling either the CreateFile or CallNamedPipe function.

See also: DisconnectNamedPipe, CloseHandle.

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