IRDPSRAPIVirtualChannelManager::CreateVirtualChannel method (rdpencomapi.h)

Creates a virtual channel.

Syntax

HRESULT CreateVirtualChannel(
  [in]  BSTR                    bstrChannelName,
  [in]  CHANNEL_PRIORITY        Priority,
  [in]  unsigned long           ChannelFlags,
  [out] IRDPSRAPIVirtualChannel **ppChannel
);

Parameters

[in] bstrChannelName

Type: BSTR

The name of the channel. The maximum length is 8 characters, including the null-terminating character. Legacy channel names are limited to 32 characters.

[in] Priority

Type: CHANNEL_PRIORITY

The priority of the channel. This parameter can be one of the following values.

CHANNEL_PRIORITY_LO

CHANNEL_PRIORITY_MED

CHANNEL_PRIORITY_HI

[in] ChannelFlags

Type: unsigned long

Flags that determine how data is sent on the channel. This parameter can be 0 or CHANNEL_FLAGS_UNCOMPRESSED.

[out] ppChannel

Type: IRDPSRAPIVirtualChannel**

An IRDPSRAPIVirtualChannel interface pointer.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If the method succeeds, the return value is S_OK. Otherwise, the return value is an error code. The following is a possible value.

Remarks

When a virtual channel is created, an RDP virtual channel is bound at the RDP stack layer for each opened channel. For a channel to actually be opened between the client and the server, both the client and the server have to bind the channel. The Priority parameter is used to assign a priority to the packets send on the channel.

The binding between server and client channels is established based on the channel name.

Requirements

See also

IRDPSRAPIVirtualChannelManager