CreatePipeHandles

Function to create a set of pipe handles

Declaration

Source position: pipes.pp line 53

function CreatePipeHandles(

var Inhandle: THandle;

var OutHandle: THandle;

APipeBufferSize: Cardinal = 1024

):Boolean;

Arguments

`Inhandle`		File handle for reading end of the pipe
`OutHandle`		File handle for writing end of the pipe
`APipeBufferSize`		Buffer size to be used for the pipe

Function result

True if the call was successful, False if not.

Description

CreatePipeHandles provides an OS-independent way to create a set of pipe filehandles. These handles are inheritable to child processes. The reading end of the pipe is returned in InHandle, the writing end in OutHandle.

Errors