Obtains the ID for the current process. The ID is a unique value that identifies the process but differs from a handle. A process ID can be used in OpenProcess, RtOpenProcess (iwin32), and RtOpenProcess (iwin32x).

DWORD GetCurrentProcessId(VOID);

Parameters

None.

Return Values

The process identifier of the calling process.

Requirements

Notes

This function operates in the real-time portion of your application.

See Also

GetCurrentProcess, OpenProcess, RtOpenProcess (iwin32) RtOpenProcess (iwin32x), iwin32 API, iwin32 Overview