No MS-DOS Extended Error Info for Windows File Functions

ID: Q86648

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1

SUMMARY

When an application uses one of the Microsoft Windows file functions (_lclose, _lcreat, _llseek, _lopen, _lread, or _lwrite) and an error occurs, the function returns the HFILE_ERROR error code. No additional information is available concerning the cause of the error. Specifically, no MS-DOS error return value is available for these functions.

Additional query words: 3.10 no32bit

Keywords : kb16bitonly
Version : WINDOWS:3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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