HANDLE and FILE*

[George2]

Hello everyone,


I am using Windows API open (create) a new file by CreateFile,

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363858.aspx

the return value is HANDLE, if I use fwrite to write content to the file, since fwrite requires FILE* as parameter. I think HANDLE is not the same as FILE*, right?

Are there any ways (or methods) to transform HANDLE to FILE*?

I have tried that passing HANDLE directly to fwrite (forcely convert from HANDLE from FILE*) will cause access violation exception. I think the reason is HANDLE is not the same as FILE*, is that correct?


thanks in advance,
George

[zacs7]

No, a HANDLE is not the same as a FILE pointer.
If you want to write to it, why not use WriteFile()?
If you want to use fwrite(), then open the file with fopen().

The windows handles are simply generic resource 'objects/handles'.

[brewbuck]

Are there any ways (or methods) to transform HANDLE to FILE*?

_open_osfhandle(), the Windows moral equivalent of fdopen() on POSIX:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...9x(VS.80).aspx

There's always a way.

EDIT: Note the special requirement that the resulting FILE has to be closed with _close(), not fclose().