Writing to a mailslot is similar to writing to a standard disk file. The following code uses the
CreateFile,
WriteFile, and
CloseHandle functions to put a short message in a mailslot. The message is broadcast to every computer in the primary domain of the system.
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#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
LPTSTR SlotName = TEXT("\\\\.\\mailslot\\sample_mailslot");
BOOL WriteSlot(HANDLE hSlot, LPTSTR lpszMessage)
{
BOOL fResult;
DWORD cbWritten;
fResult = WriteFile(hSlot,
lpszMessage,
(DWORD) (lstrlen(lpszMessage)+1)*sizeof(TCHAR),
&cbWritten,
(LPOVERLAPPED) NULL);
if (!fResult)
{
printf("WriteFile failed with %d.\n", GetLastError());
return FALSE;
}
printf("Slot written to successfully.\n");
return TRUE;
}
int main()
{
HANDLE hFile;
hFile = CreateFile(SlotName,
GENERIC_WRITE,
FILE_SHARE_READ,
(LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) NULL,
OPEN_EXISTING,
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
(HANDLE) NULL);
if (hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
printf("CreateFile failed with %d.\n", GetLastError());
return FALSE;
}
WriteSlot(hFile, TEXT("Message one for mailslot."));
WriteSlot(hFile, TEXT("Message two for mailslot."));
Sleep(5000);
WriteSlot(hFile, TEXT("Message three for mailslot."));
CloseHandle(hFile);
return TRUE;
}
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The following is the output that is displayed when this example is run with the mailslot server shown in Reading from a Mailslot.
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Slot written to successfully.
Slot written to successfully.
Slot written to successfully. |
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