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fp_unit · 01-26-2005, 01:55 PM

A handle is whatever the API designers want it to be - and it is written as a certain type based on the API requirements. So yes, a windows RC handle may be a totally different type than say, a linux file handle.

01-26-2005, 01:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
fp_unit mike Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 79	A handle is whatever the API designers want it to be - and it is written as a certain type based on the API requirements. So yes, a windows RC handle may be a totally different type than say, a linux file handle.