---
name: "OpenFileMapping32A"
section: "3w"
platform: "linux"
package: "wine-doc"
version: "0.0.980315-1"
release: "Debian 2.0 (Hamm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/OpenFileMapping32A"
---

# OpenFileMapping32A(3w)

OpenFileMapping32A (KERNEL32.397)

## NAME

OpenFileMapping32A - OpenFileMapping32A   (KERNEL32.397)

## SYNOPSIS

**HANDLE32 OpenFileMapping32A**\
 **(**\
\
 	**DWORD access,**\
\
 	**BOOL32 inherit,**\
\
 	**LPCSTR name**\
 **);**

## PARAMETERS

- **DWORD access**

  Access mode.

- **BOOL32 inherit**

  Inherit flag.

- **LPCSTR name**

  Name of file-mapping object.

## DESCRIPTION

Opens a named file-mapping object.

## RETURNS

Open handle to specified file-mapping object.

- **NULL**

  Failure.

## SEE ALSO

[VIRTUAL\_Dump(3w)](/man/VIRTUAL_Dump/3w.md), [VIRTUAL\_Init(3w)](/man/VIRTUAL_Init/3w.md), [VirtualAlloc(3w)](/man/VirtualAlloc/3w.md), [VirtualFree(3w)](/man/VirtualFree/3w.md), [VirtualLock(3w)](/man/VirtualLock/3w.md), [VirtualUnlock(3w)](/man/VirtualUnlock/3w.md), [VirtualProtect(3w)](/man/VirtualProtect/3w.md), [VirtualProtectEx(3w)](/man/VirtualProtectEx/3w.md), [VirtualQuery(3w)](/man/VirtualQuery/3w.md), [VirtualQueryEx(3w)](/man/VirtualQueryEx/3w.md), [IsBadReadPtr32(3w)](/man/IsBadReadPtr32/3w.md), [IsBadWritePtr32(3w)](/man/IsBadWritePtr32/3w.md), [IsBadHugeReadPtr32(3w)](/man/IsBadHugeReadPtr32/3w.md), [IsBadHugeWritePtr32(3w)](/man/IsBadHugeWritePtr32/3w.md), [IsBadCodePtr32(3w)](/man/IsBadCodePtr32/3w.md), [IsBadStringPtr32A(3w)](/man/IsBadStringPtr32A/3w.md), [IsBadStringPtr32W(3w)](/man/IsBadStringPtr32W/3w.md), [CreateFileMapping32A(3w)](/man/CreateFileMapping32A/3w.md), [CreateFileMapping32W(3w)](/man/CreateFileMapping32W/3w.md), [OpenFileMapping32W(3w)](/man/OpenFileMapping32W/3w.md), [MapViewOfFile(3w)](/man/MapViewOfFile/3w.md), [MapViewOfFileEx(3w)](/man/MapViewOfFileEx/3w.md), [FlushViewOfFile(3w)](/man/FlushViewOfFile/3w.md), [UnmapViewOfFile(3w)](/man/UnmapViewOfFile/3w.md)