No MS-DOS Extended Error Info for Windows File Functions (86648)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1

This article was previously published under Q86648

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.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/6/1999
Keywords:kb16bitonly KB86648