Structured Exception Handling Functions

The following functions are used in structured exception handling.

• AbnormalTermination

  Indicates whether the __try block of a termination handler terminated normally.

• AddVectoredContinueHandler

  Registers a vectored continue handler.

• AddVectoredExceptionHandler

  Registers a vectored exception handler.

• GetExceptionCode

  Retrieves a code that identifies the type of exception that occurred.

• GetExceptionInformation

  Retrieves a machine-independent description of an exception, and information about the machine state that existed for the thread when the exception occurred.

• RaiseException

  Raises an exception in the calling thread.

• RemoveVectoredContinueHandler

  Unregisters a vectored continue handler.

• RemoveVectoredExceptionHandler

  Unregisters a vectored exception handler.

• RtlAddGrowableFunctionTable

  Informs the system of a dynamic function table representing a region of memory containing code.

• RtlDeleteGrowableFunctionTable

  Informs the system that a previously reported dynamic function table is no longer in use.

• RtlGrowFunctionTable

  Reports that a dynamic function table has increased in size.

• SetUnhandledExceptionFilter

  Enables an application to supersede the top-level exception handler of each thread and process.

• UnhandledExceptionFilter

  Passes unhandled exceptions to the debugger, if the process is being debugged.

• VectoredHandler

  An application-defined function that serves as a vectored exception handler.

The following functions are used only on 64-bit Windows.

• RtlAddFunctionTable

  Adds a dynamic function table to the dynamic function table list.

• RtlCaptureContext

  Retrieves a context record in the context of the caller.

• RtlDeleteFunctionTable

  Removes a dynamic function table from the dynamic function table list.

• RtlInstallFunctionTableCallback

  Adds a dynamic function table to the dynamic function table list.

• RtlRestoreContext

  Restores the context of the caller to the specified context record.