WifiDirectDeviceCreate function (wificx.h)

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02/22/2024

Creates a WIFIDIRECTDEVICE object.

Syntax

NTSTATUS WifiDirectDeviceCreate(
  WIFIDIRECT_DEVICE_INIT *WifiDirectDeviceInit,
  WDF_OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES  *WifiDirectDeviceAttributes,
  WIFIDIRECTDEVICE       *WifiDirectDevice
);

Parameters

WifiDirectDeviceInit

[In] A pointer to a caller-allocated WIFIDIRECT_DEVICE_INIT object.

WifiDirectDeviceAttributes

[In__opt] A pointer to a WDF_OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES object that contains driver-supplied attributes for the new WIFIDIRECTDEVICE object.

WifiDirectDevice

[Out] A pointer to a location that receives a handle to the new WIFIDIRECTDEVICE object.

Return value

Returns STATUS_SUCCESS if the operation succeeds. Otherwise, this function may return an appropriate NTSTATUS error code.

Remarks

The client calls WifiDirectDeviceCreate from within its EvtWifiDeviceCreateWifiDirectDevice routine. Call WifiDirectDeviceInitialize to initialize this object.

For a code example of creating a WIFIDIRECTDEVICE object, see Wi-Fi Direct (P2P) Support.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 11
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2022
Header	wificx.h
IRQL	PASSIVE_LEVEL