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4/8/2010

This functionallows the user to place a lock on the file that is being used.

Syntax 

BOOL InternetLockRequestFile(
  HINTERNET 
hInternet,
  HANDLE* 
lphLockRequestInfo
);

Parameters

hInternet

[in] HINTERNET handle returned by FtpOpenFile, HttpOpenRequest, or InternetOpenUrl.

lphLockRequestInfo

[out] Address of a handle to store the lock request handle.

Return Value

Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE otherwise.

Remarks

If the HINTERNEThandle passed to hInternetwas created using INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE or INTERNET_FLAG_DONT_CACHE, the function creates a temporary file with the extension .tmp, unless it is an HTTPS resource. If the handle was created using INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE or INTERNET_FLAG_DONT_CACHE and it is accessing an HTTPS resource, InternetLockRequestFilefails.

Requirements

Header wininet.h
Library wininet.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.12 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

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