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Function name : GetCurrentProcess

Group: Process and Thread - Library: kernel32

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The GetCurrentProcess function retrieves a pseudo handle for the current process.

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Declaration:

HANDLE GetCurrentProcess(VOID);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetCurrentProcess;
	IN kernel32  

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Parameters:

This function has no parameters.

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Return value:

The return value is a pseudo handle to the current process.

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Comments:

A pseudo handle is a special constant that is interpreted as the current process handle. The calling process can use this handle to specify its own process whenever a process handle is required. Pseudo handles are not inherited by child processes.

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