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SetEvent (coredll)
 

coredll is for smart devices, not desktop Windows. Therefore, this information only applies to code using the .NET Compact Framework. To see if information for SetEvent in other DLLs exists, click on Find References to the right.

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Summary
TODO - a short description

C# Signature:

using HANDLE = System.IntPtr;
...
[DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public static extern bool EventModify(HANDLE hEvent, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int dEvent);
public enum EventFlags
{
     PULSE = 1,
     RESET = 2,
     SET = 3
}
private static bool SetEvent(HANDLE hEvent)
{
     return EventModify(hEvent, (int)EventFlags.SET);
}

User-Defined Types:

None.

Alternative Managed API:

Set() method of <EventWaitHandle> class.

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Notes:

See EventModify

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Sample Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using HANDLE = System.IntPtr;

namespace Test
{
     class Program
     {
        [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Winapi, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
        public static extern HANDLE CreateEvent(HANDLE lpEventAttributes, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool bManualReset, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool bIntialState, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string lpName);

        [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Winapi, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
        public static extern bool CloseHandle(HANDLE hObject);

        [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
        public static extern bool EventModify(HANDLE hEvent, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int dEvent);

        public enum EventFlags
        {
                PULSE = 1,
                RESET = 2,
                SET = 3
        }
        private static bool SetEvent(HANDLE hEvent)
        {
                return EventModify(hEvent, (int)EventFlags.SET);
        }
        private static bool ResetEvent(HANDLE hEvent)
        {
                return EventModify(hEvent, (int)EventFlags.RESET);
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
                IntPtr p = CreateEvent(HANDLE.Zero, false, true, null);
                IntPtr p = CreateEvent(HANDLE.Zero, false, true, string.Empty);
                SetEvent(p);
                ResetEvent(p);
                CloseHandle(p);
        }
     }
}


Documentation
SetEvent on MSDN

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