PFE_IMPORT_FUNC callback function (winbase.h)

An application-defined callback function used with WriteEncryptedFileRaw. The system calls ImportCallback one or more times, each time to retrieve a portion of a backup file's data. ImportCallback reads the data from a backup file sequentially and restores the data, and the system continues calling it until it has read all of the backup file data.

The PFE_IMPORT_FUNC type defines a pointer to this callback function. ImportCallback is a placeholder for the application-defined function name.

Syntax

PFE_IMPORT_FUNC PfeImportFunc;

DWORD PfeImportFunc(
  [in]           PBYTE pbData,
  [in, optional] PVOID pvCallbackContext,
  [in, out]      PULONG ulLength
)
{...}

Parameters

[in] pbData

A pointer to a system-supplied buffer that will receive a block of data to be restored.

[in, optional] pvCallbackContext

A pointer to an application-defined and allocated context block. The application passes this pointer to WriteEncryptedFileRaw, and it passes this pointer to the callback function so that the callback function can have access to application-specific data. This data can be a structure and can contain any data the application needs, such as the handle to the file that contains the backup copy of the encrypted file.

[in, out] ulLength

On function entry, this parameter specifies the length of the buffer the system has supplied. The callback function must write no more than this many bytes to the buffer pointed to by the pbData parameter.

On exit, the function must set this to the number of bytes of data written into the pbData.

Return value

If the function succeeds, it must set the return value to ERROR_SUCCESS, and set the value pointed to by the ulLength parameter to the number of bytes copied into pbData.

When the end of the backup file is reached, set ulLength to zero to tell the system that the entire file has been processed.

If the function fails, set the return value to a nonzero error code defined in WinError.h. For example, if this function fails because an API that it calls fails, you can set the return value to the value returned by GetLastError for the failed API.

Remarks

The system calls the ImportCallback function until the callback function indicates there is no more data to restore. To indicate that there is no more data to be restored, set *ulLength to 0 and use a return code of ERROR_SUCCESS. You can use the application-defined context block for internal tracking of information such as the file handle and the current offset in the file.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header winbase.h (include Windows.h)

See also

CloseEncryptedFileRaw

ExportCallback

File Encryption

File Management Functions

OpenEncryptedFileRaw

ReadEncryptedFileRaw

WriteEncryptedFileRaw