Looks up the name in the sponsor list and creates a dependency relationship to that sponsor process. The sponsor process is resident on the node identified by the parameter locSponsor.

BOOLEAN RegisterRtDependency(
   LPSTR lpszSponsorName,
   DWORD dwMilliseconds
);

BOOLEAN  RegisterRtDependencyEx(
   LPSTR lpszSponsorName,
   LOCATION locSponsor,
   DWORD dwMilliseconds
);

Parameters

lpszSponsorName

A zero-terminated string containing the name of the sponsor you want to register with.

locSponsor

The location of the sponsor you want to register with.

dwMilliseconds

Specifies the length of the time the call should wait for the sponsor to register.

Remarks

Use RegisterRtDependency to register with a sponsor on the local node. Use RegisterRtDependencyEx to register with a sponsor on a specified node using the location parameter to identify the node where the sponsor is present. Call FindRtSponsor to find the location of a sponsor process of a given name.

Return Values

TRUE

Success.

FALSE

Failure. To determine the status, call GetLastRtError

Requirements