Thread: closing handle

  1. #1
    swordfish
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    Angry closing handle

    ok, i have first defined a handle as a private and them i am inititating it in method and again when i try to close it in another method close fails. here is how it is:

    class abc{

    private:
    HANDLE hCom;

    public:
    initiate();
    closeP();
    }

    abc :: initiate()
    {

    hCom = CreateFile(pcCommPort, GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, ,..., NULL );

    /////////if i call closeP() here it works
    }



    abc::closeP()
    ///////but closeP() does not work when i call it otherwise
    ////// and i always get the message box
    {
    if ( CloseHandle(hCom) == 0 )
    {
    MessageBox(NULL, "close failed", NULL, MB_OK);
    }
    }


    why is above?

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    Doesn't CloseHandle returns 0 when successfull?
    // Gliptic

  3. #3
    swordfish
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    nop it returns zero when it fails

    "If the function fails, the return value is zero"

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    Ohh, most of the API functions returns zero when successfull (except functions returning handles) so I just did an assumption.
    // Gliptic

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    What does GetLastError() tell you?
    zen

  6. #6
    swordfish
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    it says 0 (zero)

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    ...hmmm, that would indicate that it was working. I tried a simple example based on your class and created a handle to my COM1 and it closed in it's own function, so I think the problem must be somewhere else in your code.

    If you're using MSVC, you can create a watch on variable "@err,hr" and step through your code in the debugger, any error returned from a win32 function will be displayed in the corresponding value box. This may indicate where your code is failing.
    zen

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