msclient.c

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
 
#define BUFSIZE 1024
#define MAILSLOT_TIMEOUT 1000
 
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   HANDLE hMailslot;
   LPSTR lpszMailslotName = "\\\\.\\MAILSLOT\\mymailslot";
   LPSTR lpszTestMessage = "Mailslot test message!";
   DWORD cbLength, cbWritten;
 
   hMailslot = CreateFile(lpszMailslotName,
              GENERIC_WRITE,
              FILE_SHARE_READ,
              (LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES)NULL,
              OPEN_EXISTING,
              FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
              (HANDLE)NULL);
   printf("hMailslot %x\n", (DWORD)hMailslot);
   if (hMailslot == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
     {
    printf("CreateFile() failed\n");
    return 0;
     }
 
   cbLength = (ULONG)strlen(lpszTestMessage)+1;
 
   WriteFile(hMailslot,
         lpszTestMessage,
         cbLength,
         &cbWritten,
         NULL);
 
   CloseHandle(hMailslot);
 
   return 0;
}
 
/* EOF */