FwpmGetAppIdFromFileName0 function (fwpmu.h)

The FwpmGetAppIdFromFileName0 function retrieves an application identifier from a file name.

Syntax

DWORD FwpmGetAppIdFromFileName0(
  [in]  PCWSTR        fileName,
  [out] FWP_BYTE_BLOB **appId
);

Parameters

[in] fileName

Type: const wchar_t*

File name from which the application identifier will be retrieved.

[out] appId

Type: FWP_BYTE_BLOB**

The retrieved application identifier.

Return value

Type: DWORD

Remarks

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

FwpmGetAppIdFromFileName0 is a specific implementation of FwpmGetAppIdFromFileName. See WFP Version-Independent Names and Targeting Specific Versions of Windows for more information.

Examples

The following C++ example shows how to retrieve an application identifier using FwpmGetAppIdFromFileName0.

#include <windows.h>
#include <fwpmu.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "Fwpuclnt.lib")

// Hard-coded file name for demonstration purposes.
#define FILE_PATH1 L"C:\\Program Files\\SomeAppFolder\\SomeApplication.exe"


int main()
{
    DWORD  result = ERROR_SUCCESS; 
    
    FWP_BYTE_BLOB *fwpApplicationByteBlob = NULL;
     
    printf("Retrieving Id for application to allow through firewall.\n");
    result = FwpmGetAppIdFromFileName0(FILE_PATH1, &fwpApplicationByteBlob);

    if (result != ERROR_SUCCESS)
    {
        printf("FwpmGetAppIdFromFileName failed (%d).\n", result);
        return result;
    }
    else
    {
        printf("The Id is: %d\n", fwpApplicationByteBlob->data);
    }
    
    return 0;
}
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Requirements

See also

FWP_BYTE_BLOB