How can we convert a FILE* to a HANDLE?

Is there any where to convert a open FILE* returned from fopen to a HANDLE that is used in the Window开发者_Python百科s API functions? If so, how?

(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. :(