OpenExisting

Opens an existing memory-mapped file that has the specified name in system memory.

 Public Function OpenExisting(
	  ByRef MapName As String,
	  Optional ByVal DesiredAccessRights As MemoryMappedFileRights = MemoryMappedFileRights. ReadWrite ) As MemoryMappedFile

Parameters

MapName

[ByRef] String. The name of the memory-mapped file to open.

DesiredAccessRights

[ByVal] Optional. MemoryMappedFileRights. One of the enumeration values that specifies the access rights to apply to the memory-mapped file.  

Default: MemoryMappedFileRights . ReadWrite

Return Values

Remarks

The memory-mapped file can be either a persisted memory-mapped file (associated with a file on disk) or non persisted.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	MapName is an empty string.
ArgumentNullException	MapName is vbNullString.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	DesiredAccessRights is not a valid MemoryMappedFileRights enumeration value.
FileNotFoundException	The file specified for MapName does not exist.

See Also

Project CorLib Overview

Class MemoryMappedFileStatic Overview