pszFileName (PSZ) - input

Pointer a string containing the file name.

flOption (ULONG) - input

An option flag that identifies the type of journal file.

Valid values are:

JNL_PERM_FILE

A disk file with the name pszFileName, which was created by using GreCreateJournalFile (JNL_PERM_FILE).
Bit 3
A shared memory file pointed to by pszFileName and already filled with complete journal records. One way this journal file might have been created is by using GreCreateJournalFile (JNL_USERRAM_FILE) and being filled by the engine. .

cBufSize (ULONG) - input

Size of buffer required for the file.

pInstance (PVOID) - input

Pointer to instance data.

lFunction (ULONG) - input

High-order WORD=flags; low-order WORD=NGreOpenJournalFile.

rc (ULONG) - returns

Return codes.

This function returns the journal file handle (ULONG), or if an error occurs, it returns NULL.

Possible Errors Detected: When an error is detected, the graphics engine calls WinSetErrorInfo to post the condition. Reasons for failure of this function include:

PMERR_BASE_ERROR PMERR_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY
PMERR_INV_IN_AREA
PMERR_INV_IN_PATH
PMERR_INV_JOURNAL_OPTION
PMERR_RAM_JNL_FILE_TOO_SMALL

Refer to the "Error Explanations" section of the Presentation Manager Programming Reference for further explanation.

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