GetLastError returning ERROR_SUCCESS after calling ConnectNamedPipe

Question

When I call ConnectNamedPipe with an OVERLAPPED structure and check GetLastError afterwards, I often see GetLastError return ERROR_SUCCESS. The way I'm reading the documentation, that should never happen. My understanding is that if a client has already connected, ERROR_PIPE_CONNECTED should be set, not ERROR_SUCCESS.

Has anyone else seen this? The OS is 32-bit Windows 7.

Answer 1

That's typical for OVERLAPPED. It tells whether the parameters are okay before connecting, assuming an asynchronous socket. Once a connection completes or fails, then GetOverlappedResult() returns the proper status. So I guess this is a minor documentation error.