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Marshal.GetHINSTANCE Method

.NET Framework 4.5

Returns the instance handle (HINSTANCE) for the specified module.

Namespace:  System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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public static IntPtr GetHINSTANCE(
	Module m
)

Parameters

m
Type: System.Reflection.Module

The module whose HINSTANCE is desired.

Return Value

Type: System.IntPtr
The HINSTANCE for m; or -1 if the module does not have an HINSTANCE.
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

The m parameter is null.

When dynamic or in-memory, modules do not have an HINSTANCE.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
  • SecurityCriticalAttribute 

    requires full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted or transparent code.

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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