LockResource

Lock a resource

Declaration

Source position: resh.inc line 74

  function LockResource(ResData: TFPResourceHGLOBAL) : Pointer;

Description

LockResource locks a resource previously loaded by LoadResource into memory. This means that any attempt to modify the resource will fail while it is locked. The function returns a pointer to the resource location in memory.

The resource can be freed again using the UnlockResource function.

Errors

if the function fails, Nil is returned.

See also

Name Description
FindResource Locate a resource and return a handle to it.
FreeResource Free a loaded resource
FreeResource Free a loaded resource
LoadResource Load a resource for use
SizeofResource Return the size of a particular resource
UnlockResource Unlock a previously locked resource