VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR(3)

# VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR - Structure describing a Win32 handle memory export operation

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## C Specification

The `VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_external_memory_win32
    typedef struct VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR {
        VkStructureType                       sType;
        const void*                           pNext;
        VkDeviceMemory                        memory;
        VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits    handleType;
    } VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `memory` is the memory object from which the handle will be exported.

- `handleType` is a VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits value specifying the type of handle requested.

## Description

The properties of the handle returned depend on the value of `handleType`. See VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits for a description of the properties of the defined external memory handle types.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR-handleType-00662
  `handleType` must have been included in VkExportMemoryAllocateInfo::`handleTypes` when `memory` was created

- VUID-VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR-handleType-00663
  If `handleType` is defined as an NT handle, vkGetMemoryWin32HandleKHR must be called no more than once for each valid unique combination of `memory` and `handleType`

- VUID-VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR-handleType-00664
  `handleType` must be defined as an NT handle or a global share handle

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_GET_WIN32_HANDLE_INFO_KHR

- VUID-VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL`

- VUID-VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR-memory-parameter
  `memory` must be a valid VkDeviceMemory handle

- VUID-VkMemoryGetWin32HandleInfoKHR-handleType-parameter
  `handleType` must be a valid VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits value

## See Also

VK_KHR_external_memory_win32, VkDeviceMemory, VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits, VkStructureType, vkGetMemoryWin32HandleKHR

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

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