PROCESS_INFORMATION (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

This structure is filled in by the CreateProcess function with information about a newly created process and its primary thread.

Syntax

typedef struct _PROCESS_INFORMATION {
  HANDLE hProcess;
  HANDLE hThread;
  DWORD dwProcessId;
  DWORD dwThreadId;
} PROCESS_INFORMATION;

Members

• hProcess
  Returns a handle to the newly created process.

  The handle is used to specify the process in all functions that perform operations on the process object.

• dwProcessId
  Returns a global process identifier that can be used to identify a process.

  The value is valid from the time the process is created until the time the process is terminated.

• hThread
  Returns a handle to the primary thread of the newly created process.

  The handle is used to specify the thread in all functions that perform operations on the thread object.

• dwThreadId
  Returns a global thread identifier that can be used to identify a thread.

  The value is valid from the time the thread is created until the time the thread is terminated.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

Process and Thread Structures
CreateProcess