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Function name : CeSetFilePointer

Group: Remote Application Programming (RAPI) - Library: rapi

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This function moves the file pointer of an open file.

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Code examples:

Pocket PC: custom RAPI class for operating with files and folders on mobile device

Declaration:

DWORD CeSetFilePointer(
  HANDLE hFile,
  LONG lDistanceToMove,
  PLONG lpDistanceToMoveHigh,
  DWORD dwMoveMethod
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER CeSetFilePointer IN rapi;
	INTEGER hFile,;
	LONG    lDistanceToMove,;
	LONG    lpDistanceToMoveHigh,;
	INTEGER dwMoveMethod
  

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Parameters:

hFile [in] Handle to the file whose file pointer is to be moved.

lDistanceToMove [in] Low-order 32 bits of a signed value that specifies the number of bytes to move the file pointer.

lpDistanceToMoveHigh [in] Pointer to the high-order 32 bits of the signed 64-bit distance to move.

dwMoveMethod [in] Specifies the starting point for the file pointer move: bof, current, eof.

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Return value:

The low-order DWORD of the new file pointer indicates success and that lpDistanceToMoveHigh is NULL.

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