.. _File_CreateA:

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File_CreateA
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Create a new file with read / write access and return the file handle. This is the Ansi version of File_Create, File_CreateW is the Unicode version.

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   File_CreateA PROTO lpszFilename:QWORD


**Parameters**

* ``lpszFilename`` - Parameter details.


**Returns**

A file handle if successful or INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE if an error occurred.


**Notes**

This function as based on the MASM32 Library macro: fcreate

**See Also**

:ref:`File_CreateW<File_CreateW>`, :ref:`File_OpenA<File_OpenA>`, :ref:`File_OpenW<File_OpenW>`, :ref:`File_Close<File_Close>`, :ref:`File_Read<File_Read>`, :ref:`File_Write<File_Write>`