Undocumented functions of NTDLL

2OO1, 4 February



NtRaiseHardError
NtRaiseHardError

NTSYSAPI 
NTSTATUS
NTAPI

NtRaiseHardError(


  IN NTSTATUS             ErrorStatus,
  IN ULONG                NumberOfParameters,
  IN PUNICODE_STRING      UnicodeStringParameterMask OPTIONAL,
  IN PVOID                *Parameters,
  IN HARDERROR_RESPONSE_OPTION ResponseOption,
  OUT PHARDERROR_RESPONSE Response );




This function sends HARDERROR_MSG LPC message to listener (typically CSRSS.EXE). See NtSetDefaultHardErrorPort for more information.
  • ErrorStatus
    •     Error code.
  • NumberOfParameters
    •     Number of optional parameters in Parameters array.
  • UnicodeStringParameterMask
    •     Optional string parameter (can be only one per error code).
  • *Parameters
    •     Array of DWORD parameters for use in error message string.
  • ResponseOption
    •     See HARDERROR_RESPONSE_OPTION for possible values description.
  • Response
    •     Pointer to HARDERROR_RESPONSE enumeration.



    NtRaiseHardError is easy way to display message in GUI without loading Win32 API libraries.


    Documented by:
    Tomasz Nowak



    Requirements:
    Library: ntdll.lib


    See also:
    HARDERROR_MSG
    HARDERROR_RESPONSE
    HARDERROR_RESPONSE_OPTION
    NtSetDefaultHardErrorPort