IHostCrst::Enter Method

Enters the critical section that is represented by the current IHostCrst Interface instance.

HRESULT Enter (
    [in] DWORD option
);

option
[in] One of the WAIT_OPTION Enumeration values, indicating what action the host should take if the operation blocks.

Return Value

HRESULT	Description
S_OK	Enter returned successfully.
HOST_E_CLRNOTAVAILABLE	The common language runtime (CLR) has not been loaded into a process, or the CLR is in a state in which it cannot run managed code or process the call successfully.
HOST_E_TIMEOUT	The call timed out.
HOST_E_NOT_OWNER	The caller does not own the lock.
HOST_E_ABANDONED	An event was canceled while a blocked thread or fiber was waiting on it.
E_FAIL	An unknown catastrophic failure occurred. When a method returns E_FAIL, the CLR is no longer usable within the process. Subsequent calls to hosting methods return HOST_E_CLRNOTAVAILABLE.

Enter mirrors the Win32 EnterCriticalSection function.

Note

This method does not return until the critical section is entered.

Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family

Header: MSCorEE.idl

Library: Included as a resource in MSCorEE.dll

.NET Framework Version: 2.0