GCHandle.FromIntPtr(IntPtr) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Source:

GCHandle.cs

Returns a new GCHandle object created from a handle to a managed object.

C#

public static System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle FromIntPtr(IntPtr value);

Parameters

value

IntPtr

An IntPtr handle to a managed object to create a GCHandle object from.

Returns

GCHandle

A new GCHandle object that corresponds to the value parameter.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The value of the value parameter is Zero.

Examples

The following code example shows an App class that creates a handle to a managed object using the GCHandle.Alloc method, which prevents the managed object from being collected. A call to the EnumWindows method passes a delegate and a managed object (both declared as managed types, but not shown), and casts the handle to an IntPtr object. The unmanaged function passes the type back to the caller as a parameter of the callback function.

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public delegate bool CallBack(int handle, IntPtr param);

internal static class NativeMethods
{
    // passing managed object as LPARAM
    // BOOL EnumWindows(WNDENUMPROC lpEnumFunc, LPARAM lParam);

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    internal static extern bool EnumWindows(CallBack cb, IntPtr param);
}

public class App
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Run();
    }

    public static void Run()
    {
        TextWriter tw = Console.Out;
        GCHandle gch = GCHandle.Alloc(tw);

        CallBack cewp = new CallBack(CaptureEnumWindowsProc);

        // platform invoke will prevent delegate to be garbage collected
        // before call ends

        NativeMethods.EnumWindows(cewp, GCHandle.ToIntPtr(gch));
        gch.Free();
    }

    private static bool CaptureEnumWindowsProc(int handle, IntPtr param)
    {
        GCHandle gch = GCHandle.FromIntPtr(param);
        TextWriter tw = (TextWriter)gch.Target;
        tw.WriteLine(handle);
        return true;
    }
}

Applies to