BCryptEnumContexts function (bcrypt.h)

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10/13/2021

[BCryptEnumContexts is available for use in the operating systems specified in the Requirements section. It may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions.]

The BCryptEnumContexts function obtains the identifiers of the contexts in the specified configuration table.

Syntax

NTSTATUS BCryptEnumContexts(
  [in]      ULONG           dwTable,
  [in, out] ULONG           *pcbBuffer,
  [in, out] PCRYPT_CONTEXTS *ppBuffer
);

Parameters

[in] dwTable

Identifies the configuration table from which to retrieve the contexts. This can be one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
CRYPT_LOCAL	Retrieve the contexts from the local-machine configuration table.
CRYPT_DOMAIN	This value is not available for use.

[in, out] pcbBuffer

The address of a ULONG variable that, on entry, contains the size, in bytes, of the buffer pointed to by ppBuffer. If this size is not large enough to hold the set of context identifiers, this function will fail with STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL.

After this function returns, this value contains the number of bytes that were copied to the ppBuffer buffer.

[in, out] ppBuffer

The address of a pointer to a CRYPT_CONTEXTS structure that receives the set of contexts retrieved by this function. The value pointed to by the pcbBuffer parameter contains the size of this buffer.

If the value pointed to by this parameter is NULL, this function will allocate the required memory. This memory must be freed when it is no longer needed by passing this pointer to the BCryptFreeBuffer function.

If this parameter is NULL, this function will place the required size, in bytes, in the variable pointed to by the pcbBuffer parameter and return STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL.

Return value

Returns a status code that indicates the success or failure of the function.

Possible return codes include, but are not limited to, the following.

Return code	Description
STATUS_SUCCESS	The function was successful.
STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER	One or more parameters are not valid.
STATUS_NO_MEMORY	A memory allocation failure occurred.
STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL	The ppBuffer parameter is not NULL, and the value pointed to by the pcbBuffer parameter is not large enough to hold the set of contexts.

Remarks

BCryptEnumContexts can be called only in user mode.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the BCryptEnumContexts function to allocate the memory for the ppBuffer buffer.

#ifndef NT_SUCCESS
#define NT_SUCCESS(Status) ((NTSTATUS)(Status) >= 0)
#endif

NTSTATUS EnumContexts_SystemAlloc()
{
    NTSTATUS status;
    ULONG uSize = 0;
    PCRYPT_CONTEXTS pContexts = NULL;
    
    // Get the contexts for the local computer. 
    // CNG allocates the memory.
    status = BCryptEnumContexts(CRYPT_LOCAL, &uSize, &pContexts);
    if(NT_SUCCESS(status))
    {
        // Enumerate the context identifiers.
        for(ULONG i = 0; i < pContexts->cContexts; i++)
        {
            wprintf(pContexts->rgpszContexts[i]);
            wprintf(L"\n");
        }

        // Free the buffer.
        BCryptFreeBuffer(pContexts);
    }

    return status;
}

The following example shows how to use the BCryptEnumContexts function to allocate your own memory for the ppBuffer buffer.

#ifndef NT_SUCCESS
#define NT_SUCCESS(Status) ((NTSTATUS)(Status) >= 0)
#endif

NTSTATUS EnumContexts_SelfAlloc()
{
    NTSTATUS status;
    ULONG uSize = 0;
    
    // Get the required size of the buffer.
    status = BCryptEnumContexts(CRYPT_LOCAL, &uSize, NULL);
    if(STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL == status)
    {
        // Allocate the buffer.
        PCRYPT_CONTEXTS pContexts = (PCRYPT_CONTEXTS)HeapAlloc(
            GetProcessHeap(), 
            HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, 
            uSize);
        if(pContexts)
        {
            // Get the contexts for the local machine.
            status = BCryptEnumContexts(
                CRYPT_LOCAL, 
                &uSize, 
                &pContexts);
            if(NT_SUCCESS((status))
            {
                // Enumerate the context identifiers.
                for(ULONG i = 0; i < pContexts->cContexts; i++)
                {
                    wprintf(pContexts->rgpszContexts[i]);
                    wprintf(L"\n");
                }
            }

            // Free the buffer.
            HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, pContexts);
            pContexts = NULL;
        }
        else
        {
            status = STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
        }
    }

    return status;
}

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	bcrypt.h
Library	Bcrypt.lib
DLL	Bcrypt.dll