SHCreateStreamOnFileEx function (shlwapi.h)

Opens or creates a file and retrieves a stream to read or write to that file.

Syntax

LWSTDAPI SHCreateStreamOnFileEx(
  [in]           LPCWSTR pszFile,
  [in]           DWORD   grfMode,
  [in]           DWORD   dwAttributes,
  [in]           BOOL    fCreate,
  [in, optional] IStream *pstmTemplate,
  [out]          IStream **ppstm
);

Parameters

[in] pszFile

Type: LPCWSTR

A pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the file name.

[in] grfMode

Type: DWORD

One or more STGM values that are used to specify the file access mode and how the object that exposes the stream is created and deleted.

[in] dwAttributes

Type: DWORD

One or more flag values that specify file attributes in the case that a new file is created. For a complete list of possible values, see the dwFlagsAndAttributes parameter of the CreateFile function.

[in] fCreate

Type: BOOL

A BOOL value that helps specify, in conjunction with grfMode, how existing files should be treated when creating the stream. See Remarks for details.

[in, optional] pstmTemplate

Type: IStream*

Reserved.

[out] ppstm

Type: IStream**

Receives an IStream interface pointer for the stream associated with the file.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this function succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Remarks

The SHCreateStreamOnFileEx function extends the semantics of the STGM flags and produces the same effect as calling the CreateFile function.

The grfMode and fCreate parameters work together to specify how the function should behave with respect to existing files.

Requirements