LockResource info  Overview  Group

The LockResource function locks the specified resource in memory.

LPVOID LockResource(

Parameters

hResData

Identifies the resource to be locked. The LoadResource function returns this handle.

Return Values

If the loaded resource is locked, the return value is a pointer to the first byte of the resource; otherwise, it is NULL.

Remarks

It is not necessary for Win32-based applications to unlock resources that were locked by the LockResource function.

Trying to lock a resource by using the handle returned by the FindResource or FindResourceEx function will not work. You will get back a value that is incorrect and points to random data.

See Also

FindResource, FindResourceEx, LoadResource 

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