7.1.3 Closing a File View

When a process is finished using the shared memory, it should destroy the file view in its address space by using the UnmapViewOfFile function. This invalidates the pointer to the shared memory. If any of the pages of the file view changed since the view was mapped, this function copies the changed pages to the physical file.

To copy a specified number of bytes from the file view to the physical file, you should use the FlushViewOfFile function. FlushViewOfFile does not destroy the file view.