Alternate Function for CreateFile on .NET Framework,...

[Kerem Gümrükcü]

Hi all,

sorry for Crossposting, but i dont know whether someone
can help me here. If i remember right, there was a Class
or a Member function in the .NET Framework that could
do mostly the same as CreateFile can do for me, but i
cant remember its Name. By saying the "same" i mean
i was able to use it to open Handles to Devices and anything
that could be opened with CreateFile and had a Symbolic
Name that has been exported from Kernel to User-Space.
But i cant remember the class/member name. I am sure there
was something inside the .NET FW and natively supported
by the .NET. AFAIK it was also something MS used internally
in its base classes, but it was exposed to any programmer and
was public/static or whatever available from the CLR/.NET.
I really cant remember its name, but i used something in the past
years ago for opening something, if i remember right to a drive.
I think i used it the first time with .NET 2.0...

Anybody can help me here, or am i remembering something wrong?


Regards

Kerem

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Hi all,

sorry for Crossposting, but i dont know whether someone
can help me here. If i remember right, there was a Class
or a Member function in the .NET Framework that could
do mostly the same as CreateFile can do for me, but i
cant remember its Name. By saying the "same" i mean
i was able to use it to open Handles to Devices and anything
that could be opened with CreateFile and had a Symbolic
Name that has been exported from Kernel to User-Space.
But i cant remember the class/member name. I am sure there
was something inside the .NET FW and natively supported
by the .NET. AFAIK it was also something MS used internally
in its base classes, but it was exposed to any programmer and
was public/static or whatever available from the CLR/.NET.
I really cant remember its name, but i used something in the past
years ago for opening something, if i remember right to a drive.
I think i used it the first time with .NET 2.0...

Anybody can help me here, or am i remembering something wrong?


Regards

Kerem

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No, you are mistaken, the FW does not expose the Win32 CreateFile API,
you'll have to PInvoke and use the handle returned in .NET IO API's that
take an handle.
Please consult the archive subject: "Driver device IO control by C#" for
more details on the CreateFile PInvoke declaration.

Willy.

 

[Alain Boss]

Peter,

Kerem is on of the most active and the best supporters in the german
newsgroups. Your point is valid, but, just leave him alone.

alain

 

[Alain Boss]

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