EventWaitHandleAcl.OpenExisting(String, EventWaitHandleRights) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Threading

Assembly:

System.Threading.AccessControl.dll

Source:

EventWaitHandleAcl.cs

Opens a specified named event wait handle, if it already exists, and applies the desired access rights.

public:
 static System::Threading::EventWaitHandle ^ OpenExisting(System::String ^ name, System::Security::AccessControl::EventWaitHandleRights rights);

public static System.Threading.EventWaitHandle OpenExisting (string name, System.Security.AccessControl.EventWaitHandleRights rights);

static member OpenExisting : string * System.Security.AccessControl.EventWaitHandleRights -> System.Threading.EventWaitHandle

Public Shared Function OpenExisting (name As String, rights As EventWaitHandleRights) As EventWaitHandle

Parameters

name

String

The name of the event wait handle to be opened. If it's prefixed by "Global", it refers to a machine-wide event wait handle. If it's prefixed by "Local", or doesn't have a prefix, it refers to a session-wide event wait handle. Both prefix and name are case-sensitive.

rights

EventWaitHandleRights

The desired access rights to apply to the returned event wait handle.

Returns

EventWaitHandle

An existing named event wait handle.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

name is null.

ArgumentException

name is an empty string.

WaitHandleCannotBeOpenedException

The named event wait handle does not exist or is invalid.

DirectoryNotFoundException

The path was not found.

IOException

A Win32 error occurred.

UnauthorizedAccessException

The named event wait handle exists, but the user does not have the security access required to use it.