METADATA_HANDLE_INFO

The METADATA_HANDLE_INFO structure contains information about a handle to a metabase entry.

typedef struct _METADATA_HANDLE_INFO { 
  DWORD dwMDPermissions; 
  DWORD dwMDSystemChangeNumber; 
} METADATA_HANDLE_INFO; 
 
Parameters
dwMDPermissions
Specifies the permissions with which the handle was opened. This member can have one or more of the following flags set:
Value Description
METADATA_PERMISSION_READ The handle can read keys and data.
METADATA_PERMISSION_WRITE The handle can write keys and data.


dwMDSystemChangeNumber
Specifies the system change number when the handle was opened. This number indicates how many times changes were made to data since the metabase was created. This value is saved to disk between metabase sessions.