FwpmNetEventSubscribe1 function (fwpmu.h)

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02/22/2024

The FwpmNetEventSubscribe1 function is used to request the delivery of notifications regarding a particular net event.

Note FwpmNetEventSubscribe1 is the specific implementation of FwpmNetEventSubscribe used in Windows 8 and later. See WFP Version-Independent Names and Targeting Specific Versions of Windows for more information. For Windows 7, FwpmNetEventSubscribe0 is available.

Syntax

DWORD FwpmNetEventSubscribe1(
  [in]           HANDLE                             engineHandle,
  [in]           const FWPM_NET_EVENT_SUBSCRIPTION0 *subscription,
  [in]           FWPM_NET_EVENT_CALLBACK1           callback,
  [in, optional] void                               *context,
  [out]          HANDLE                             *eventsHandle
);

Parameters

[in] engineHandle

Type: HANDLE

Handle for an open session to the filter engine. Call FwpmEngineOpen0 to open a session to the filter engine.

[in] subscription

Type: FWPM_NET_EVENT_SUBSCRIPTION0*

The notifications which will be delivered.

[in] callback

Type: FWPM_NET_EVENT_CALLBACK1

Function pointer that will be invoked when a notification is ready for delivery.

[in, optional] context

Type: void*

Optional context pointer. This pointer is passed to the callback function along with details of the event.

[out] eventsHandle

Type: HANDLE*

Handle to the newly created subscription.

Return value

Type: DWORD

Return code/value	Description
ERROR_SUCCESS 0	The subscription was created successfully.
*FWP_E_ error code** 0x80320001—0x80320039	A Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) specific error. See WFP Error Codes for details.
*RPC_ error code** 0x80010001—0x80010122	Failure to communicate with the remote or local firewall engine.

Remarks

This function cannot be called from within a transaction. It will fail with FWP_E_TXN_IN_PROGRESS. See Object Management for more information about transactions.

The caller needs FWPM_ACTRL_SUBSCRIBE access to the net event's container.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 8 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	fwpmu.h
Library	Fwpuclnt.lib
DLL	Fwpuclnt.dll