Retrieves a copy of a link's data block.

Syntax

HRESULT CopyDataBlock(      
    DWORD dwSig,
    VOID **ppDataBlock
);

Parameters

dwSig

[in] The data block's signature. The signature value for a particular type of data block can be found in its structure reference. For a list of supported data block types and their associated structures, see IShellLinkDataList.

ppDataBlock

[out] The address of a pointer to a copy of the data block structure. If IShellLinkDataList::CopyDataBlock returns a successful result, the calling application must free the memory when it is no longer needed by calling LocalFree.

Return Value

Returns S_OK if successful, or a COM error code otherwise.

See Also

IShellLinkDataList