{

if (filename == NULL || buff == NULL || size == NULL)

return FALSE;

HANDLE hFile = CreateFileW(filename, GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);

if (hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)

return FALSE;

// get size of file

LARGE_INTEGER liSize;

if (!GetFileSizeEx(hFile, &liSize)) {

CloseHandle(hFile);

return FALSE;

}

if (liSize.HighPart > 0) {

CloseHandle(hFile);

return FALSE;

}

// read entire file into memory

*buff = (BYTE*)HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, liSize.LowPart);

if (*buff == NULL) {

CloseHandle(hFile);

return FALSE;

}

BYTE *buffPtr = *buff;

DWORD numLeft = liSize.LowPart;

DWORD numRead = 0;

while (numLeft > 0) {

if (!ReadFile(hFile, buffPtr, numLeft, &numRead, NULL)) {

CloseHandle(hFile);

HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, *buff);

return FALSE;

}

numLeft -= numRead;

buffPtr += numRead;

}

*size = liSize.LowPart;

CloseHandle(hFile);

return TRUE;

}