NtReleaseKeyedEvent

2OO7, 27 April

NtReleaseKeyedEvent

NTSYSAPI 
NTSTATUS
NTAPI


NtReleaseKeyedEvent(



  IN HANDLE               KeyedEventHandle,
  IN PVOID                Key,
  IN BOOLEAN              Alertable,
  IN PLARGE_INTEGER       Timeout OPTIONAL );

This function is used for signal KeyedEvent object with value specified as Key parameter. If there are no other thread (or threads) waiting for the same KeyedEvent with the same Key value, waiting is performed up to NtWaitForKeyedEvent called by any other thread.

KeyedEventHandle HANDLE to KeyedEvent object.

Key Value used as KEY. Note that this value has to have lowest bit cleared (must divide by two).

Alertable If set, waiting can be broken by alerting thread.

Timeout Optional pointer for timeout value.

Supported on system versions:

Win XP/2003

Documented by:

Tomasz Nowak

Requirements:

Library: ntdll.lib

Undocumented functions of NTDLL