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
);

[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

The sublayer information.

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.

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.

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