OpenEvent的使用注意点

我的测试代码如下

    HANDLE hTest = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, "Global\\Hello"); //Handle 1
    HANDLE hGetEvent1 = OpenEvent(EVENT_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, "Global\\Hello"); //Handle 2
    HANDLE hGetEvent2 = NULL;
    if (hTest != NULL)
    {
        CloseHandle(hTest); //Close handle 1
        hTest = NULL;

        hGetEvent2 = OpenEvent(EVENT_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, "Global\\Hello"); //Handle 2 exists, so we can get handle 3
    }

    HANDLE hGetEvent1 = OpenEvent(EVENT_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, "Global\\Hello"); //Handle 1
    HANDLE hTest = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, "Global\\Hello"); //Handle 2
    HANDLE hGetEvent2 = NULL;
    if (hTest != NULL)
    {
        CloseHandle(hTest); //Close handle 2
        hTest = NULL;

        hGetEvent2 = OpenEvent(EVENT_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, "Global\\Hello"); //Handle 1  & Handle 2 are invalid, so we can not get handle 3
    }

总结：
1）如果CreateEvent成功，那么OpenEvent也是可以成功的，运行多次就可以获取多个handle；
2）如果CreateEvent成功后，有一个或则多个OpenEvent是成功的，那么即使关闭最原始的Event,再次呼叫OpenEvent也是可以成功的；



OpenEvent function


Opens an existing named event object.
Syntax

HANDLE WINAPI OpenEvent(
  _In_ DWORD   dwDesiredAccess,
  _In_ BOOL    bInheritHandle,
  _In_ LPCTSTR lpName
);

Parameters
dwDesiredAccess [in]
    The access to the event object. The function fails if the security descriptor of the specified object does not permit the requested access for the calling process. For a list of access rights, see Synchronization Object Security and Access Rights.

bInheritHandle [in]
    If this value is TRUE, processes created by this process will inherit the handle. Otherwise, the processes do not inherit this handle.

lpName [in]
    The name of the event to be opened. Name comparisons are case sensitive.
This function can open objects in a private namespace. For more information, see Object Namespaces.
    Terminal Services:  The name can have a "Global\" or "Local\" prefix to explicitly open an object in the global or session namespace. The remainder of the name can contain any character except the backslash character (\). For more information, see Kernel Object Namespaces.
    Note  Fast user switching is implemented using Terminal Services sessions. The first user to log on uses session 0, the next user to log on uses session 1, and so on. Kernel object names must follow the guidelines outlined for Terminal Services so that applications can support multiple users.

Return value
    If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to the event object.
If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks
    The OpenEvent function enables multiple processes to open handles of the same event object. The function succeeds only if some process has already created the event by using the CreateEvent function. The calling process can use the returned handle in any function that requires a handle to an event object, subject to the limitations of the access specified in the dwDesiredAccess parameter.
The handle can be duplicated by using the DuplicateHandle function. Use the CloseHandle function to close the handle. The system closes the handle automatically when the process terminates. The event object is destroyed when its last handle has been closed.