BCryptCreateContext function (bcrypt.h)

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10/13/2021

[BCryptCreateContext is available for use in the operating systems specified in the Requirements section. It may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions.]

The BCryptCreateContext function creates a new CNG configuration context.

Syntax

NTSTATUS BCryptCreateContext(
  [in]           ULONG                 dwTable,
  [in]           LPCWSTR               pszContext,
  [in, optional] PCRYPT_CONTEXT_CONFIG pConfig
);

Parameters

[in] dwTable

Identifies the configuration table to create the context in. This can be one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
CRYPT_LOCAL	Create the context in the local-machine configuration table.
CRYPT_DOMAIN	This value is not available for use.

[in] pszContext

A pointer to a null-terminated Unicode string that contains the identifier of the context to create.

[in, optional] pConfig

A pointer to a CRYPT_CONTEXT_CONFIG structure that contains additional configuration data for the new context. This parameter can be NULL if it is not needed.

Return value

Returns a status code that indicates the success or failure of the function.

Possible return codes include, but are not limited to, the following.

Return code	Description
STATUS_SUCCESS	The function was successful.
STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER	One or more parameters are not valid.
STATUS_NO_MEMORY	A memory allocation failure occurred.

Remarks

BCryptCreateContext can be called only in user mode.

Requirements

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

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