FwpmSubLayerGetByKey0 function (fwpmu.h)

The FwpmSubLayerGetByKey0 function retrieves a sublayer by its key.

Syntax

DWORD FwpmSubLayerGetByKey0(
  [in]  HANDLE         engineHandle,
  [in]  const GUID     *key,
  [out] FWPM_SUBLAYER0 **subLayer
);

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] key

Type: const GUID*

Unique identifier of the sublayer. This is the same GUID that was specified when the application called FwpmSubLayerAdd0.

[out] subLayer

Type: FWPM_SUBLAYER0**

The sublayer information.

Return value

Type: DWORD

Return code/value Description
ERROR_SUCCESS
0
The sublayer was retrieved 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

The caller must free the returned object by a call to FwpmFreeMemory0.

The caller needs FWPM_ACTRL_READ access to the sublayer. See Access Control for more information.

FwpmSubLayerGetByKey0 is a specific implementation of FwpmSubLayerGetByKey. See WFP Version-Independent Names and Targeting Specific Versions of Windows for more information.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header fwpmu.h
Library Fwpuclnt.lib
DLL Fwpuclnt.dll

See also

FWPM_SUBLAYER0

FwpmSubLayerAdd0