Mailslot servers have exclusive use of three functions, as shown in the following table.
Function | Description |
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CreateMailslot | Creates a mailslot and returns a mailslot handle. |
GetMailslotInfo | Retrieves the maximum message size, the mailslot size, the size of the next message in the mailslot, the number of messages in the mailslot, and the amount of time a read operation can wait for a message. |
SetMailslotInfo | Changes the read time-out for a mailslot. |
The following functions are also used by mailslot servers.
Function | Description |
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DuplicateHandle | Duplicates the mailslot handle. |
ReadFile, ReadFileEx | Retrieves messages from a mailslot. |
GetFileTime | Retrieves the date and time a mailslot was created. |
SetFileTime | Sets the date and time a mailslot was created. |
GetHandleInformation | Retrieves properties of the mailslot handle. |
SetHandleInformation | Sets properties of the mailslot handle. |