Re: [HACKERS] Win32 WEXITSTATUS too

Chuck McDevitt wrote:
> Win32 exception codes start with a two-bit severity indication.
> 00 means "success", so nothing is wrong.
> 01 is an "informational" messages.
> 10 is a "warning" message.
> 11 is an "error".
>
> That's why the common exception codes you see start with hex C0, as they
> are "errors".
>
> The rest of the top 16 bits are the "facility" that caused the error.
> Often not filled in.
>

Almost, AAUI. The next significant bit after the severity bits is a
custom flag - 0 indicates it is a MS exception, 1 that it's from a third
party. The remaining upper 13 bits are the facility.

cheers

andrew