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CreateBoundaryDescriptorW function (namespaceapi.h)

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Creates a boundary descriptor.

Syntax

HANDLE CreateBoundaryDescriptorW(
  [in] LPCWSTR Name,
  [in] ULONG   Flags
);

Parameters

[in] Name

The name of the boundary descriptor.

[in] Flags

A combination of the following flags that are combined by using a bitwise OR operation.

Flag Description
CREATE_BOUNDARY_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_APPCONTAINER_SID (0x01)
Note: This value is not supported prior to Windows 8.		 Required for creating a boundary descriptor in an appcontainer process, regardless of producer or consumer.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to the boundary descriptor.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

A new boundary descriptor must have at least one security identifier (SID). To add a SID to a boundary descriptor, use the AddSIDToBoundaryDescriptor function.

To compile an application that uses this function, define _WIN32_WINNT as 0x0600 or later.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Target Platform Windows
Header namespaceapi.h
Library Kernel32.lib
DLL Kernel32.dll

See also

AddSIDToBoundaryDescriptor
CreatePrivateNamespace
DeleteBoundaryDescriptor
Object Namespaces