How can we convert a FILE* to a HANDLE?

Question

Is there any where to convert a open FILE* returned from fopen to a HANDLE that is used in the Windows API functions? If so, how?

Answer 1

(HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(_fileno( file ) )

Good luck on 64-bit systems if you're using Visual C++ 2008 or earlier, though, because the return type is long on those. :(