PyHANDLE = CreateFileW(FileName, DesiredAccess
, ShareMode
, SecurityAttributes
, CreationDisposition
, FlagsAndAttributes
, TemplateFile
, Transaction
, MiniVersion
, ExtendedParameter
)
Unicode version of CreateFile - see win32file::CreateFile for more information.
Parameters
FileName : string
Name of fileDesiredAccess : int
Combination of access mode flags. See MSDN docs.ShareMode : int
Combination of FILE_SHARE_READ, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_DELETESecurityAttributes : PySECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
Specifies security descriptor and handle inheritance, can be NoneCreationDisposition : int
One of CREATE_ALWAYS,CREATE_NEW,OPEN_ALWAYS,OPEN_EXISTING or TRUNCATE_EXISTINGFlagsAndAttributes : int
Combination of FILE_ATTRIBUTE_* and FILE_FLAG_* flagsTemplateFile=None : PyHANDLE
Handle to file to be used as template, can be None
Transaction=None : PyHANDLE
Handle to the transaction as returned by win32transaction::CreateTransaction
MiniVersion=None : int
Transacted version of file to open, can be None
ExtendedParameter=None : None
Reserved, use only None
Comments
If Transaction is specified, CreateFileTransacted will be called (requires Vista or later)
Accepts keyword arguments.
Win32 API References
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